Poelma Surname

657,184th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Poelma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poelma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2931:1,237,06187,515
Netherlands1621:104,24216,843
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Poelma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poelma is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poelma? popularity and diffusion

Poelma is the 657,184th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 15,911,672 people. Poelma is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Poelma live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 293 people, or 1 in 1,237,061. In The United States it is most common in: Nevada, where 38 percent live, Wyoming, where 10 percent live and Texas, where 8 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 35 percent live and Afghanistan, where 0 percent live.

Poelma Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Poelma are 1.8% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.43% registered with the political party.

Poelma earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.8% more than the national average, earning $54,282 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polma91261/
Pelma9191/
Puelma83783/
Paelma83502/
Pelmas8363/
Pelmah8359/
Poolma8357/
Polmai8349/
Pielma833/
Pelmap832/
Pholma831/
Poulma831/
Pelmat831/
Polmay830/
Plma801/
Poilema7791/
Pajelma7751/
Pohilma7724/
Pholmai7721/
Pellmas7719/
Pouelmo7711/
Poulmas779/
Poyilma778/
Phoolma771/
Poulmai771/
Pholmma771/
Poulmma771/
Pollmay770/
Pelmo73825/
Pulma73742/
Polmo73565/
Plema73154/
Pilma7345/
Põlma7315/
Phlma731/
Plmma731/
Plmas731/
Pauselma713/
Peaselma711/
Paulma67441/
Paelmo67339/
Pailma67290/
Pulmas6717/
Pulmai6710/
Pollmo676/
Pellmo672/
Pilmai672/
Pulmat671/
Polmoo671/
Pholmo671/
Phlmai671/
Pilmaa671/
Pelmot671/
Pillma671/
Pulmma671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Poelma
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