Phumo Surname

266,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,464 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Phumo Surname User-submission:

The surname Phumo means 'independence' in Tsonga language.

Phumo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,2681:42,7275,460
Lesotho1101:18,4783,925
Thailand761:929,452144,548
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432

Phumo (26) may also be a first name.

Phumo Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Phumo means 'independence' in Tsonga language.

- phumo

Phumo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Phumo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Phumo (Tibetan: ཕུ་མོ།) is most common in South Africa. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phumo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 266,931st most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 4,977,832 people. Phumo is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Phumo reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 26 people.

It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 1,268 people, or 1 in 42,727. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Free State, where 48 percent reside, North West, where 24 percent reside and Gauteng, where 13 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 8 percent reside and Thailand, where 5 percent reside.

Phumo Last Name Statistics demography

Phumo earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.98% less than the national average, earning R 152,136 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phumoa9194/
Phumho917/
Phutmo912/
Phumgo911/
Phumot911/
Phummo911/
Pumo89999/
Phummoa8328/
Phumuoa8314/
Phumoha834/
Phutmot831/
Phumooa831/
Phuma80855/
Pfumo80737/
Pumoh80257/
Puemo80166/
Phomo80162/
Poumo8056/
Paumo8027/
Peumo8027/
Phimo806/
Pumoy805/
Puimo804/
Pihmo802/
Pujmo801/
Pumod801/
Phumma732,954/
Phumat731,699/
Poumot7398/
Poumou7335/
Poumos7327/
Phumas7315/
Phomoo7315/
Phouma7310/
Phutma738/
Phimmo735/
Pahuma735/
Phuima734/
Pumois733/
Puemou732/
Phomho731/
Putmoo731/
Phumau731/
Phumha731/
Pousmo731/
Phimoi731/
Phoomo731/
Pummoh731/
Putmos731/
Pumous730/
Fumo67101,965/
Puma6752,569/
Pomo672,918/
Pimo67390/
Phuimat67153/
Vumo6748/
Ppoumos6713/
Phumaha674/
Poohmoh672/
Phoumma672/
Phuymat671/
Phumast671/
Fhuemoi671/

Phumo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Phumo in the Tibetan language
ཕུ་མོ།pumo-

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