Pogoma Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Pogoma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pogoma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1621:326,80024,625
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362

Pogoma Last Name Facts

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

Pogoma is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pogoma.

How Common Is The Last Name Pogoma? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,295,379th most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. Pogoma is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Pogoma live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Pogoma is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 326,800. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 99 percent live and Arusha Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pongoma92420/
Pogouma921/
Phongoma86118/
Pougouma8682/
Poghouma8644/
Pogema8325/
Pogome8314/
Pagoma8311/
Poguma8310/
Pogomy836/
Pogama833/
Pogomo832/
Pogomi831/
Pegoma831/
Pougoumma801/
Poughouma801/
Pangoma77255/
Pogomou7734/
Pogemaa7734/
Pogomoi7726/
Pongama7722/
Pogomiy7714/
Pogumai775/
Pogomis772/
Peghoma771/
Ponguma771/
Pougome771/
Pongomo771/
Pongomi771/
Pogomii771/
Pogomes771/
Phongomo717/
Poghomou711/
Phongama711/
Phogamah711/
Pagama67314/
Puguma6760/
Paguma6721/
Pagome6710/
Pegema674/
Phoghomou671/
Pagema671/
Pagomo671/
Pagomi671/

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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 Pogoma
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