Pitama Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
Guyana

Pitama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pitama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand621:73,03710,843
Guyana191:40,1173,928
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
India111:69,733,217610,955
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Pitama (207) may also be a first name.

Pitama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pitama (Hindi: पितामा, Marathi: िपतामा, Oriya: ପିତମା, Tibetan: པི་ཏ་མ་) is carried by more people in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pitama click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pitama? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,710,039th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 71 percent of Pitama are found; 58 percent are found in Australasia and 58 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 629,010th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 207 people.

It is most prevalent in New Zealand, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 73,037. In New Zealand it is primarily found in: Canterbury Region, where 68 percent live, Wellington Region, where 23 percent live and West Coast Region, where 8 percent live. Barring New Zealand this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Guyana, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pitama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pitama in the Tibetan language
པི་ཏ་མ་pitama-
Pitama in the Marathi language
िपतामाipatama85.71
पीटामाpitama14.29
Pitama in the Hindi language
पितामाpitama84
पीतामाpitama4
पीतमाpitama4
पितमेाpitamea4
पितमाpitama4
Pitama in the Oriya language
ପିତମାpitama66.67
ପିତମpitama16.67
ପୀତମାpitama16.67

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pitama
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