Polama Surname
Approximately 341 people bear this surname
Polama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 328 | 1:2,338,614 | 76,269 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Polama (131) may also be a first name.
Polama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Polama (Bengali: পোলামা, Marathi: पोलमा, Oriya: େପାଲାମା) occurs most in India. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Polama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 816,514th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 21,371,102 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Polama live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 811,108th most common first name internationally, held by 131 people.
This surname is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 328 people, or 1 in 2,338,614. In India it is primarily found in: Odisha, where 95 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 4 percent live and West Bengal, where 1 percent live. Beside India this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Polama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Polama in the Bengali language | ||
| পোলামা | polama | - |
| Polama in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାଲାମା | epalama | 88.93 |
| େପାଲମା | epalama | 7.91 |
| େପାଳାମା | epalama | 1.19 |
| େପାଲାା | epalaa | 0.4 |
| କମର | kamara | 0.4 |
| Polama in the Marathi language | ||
| पोलमा | polama | 60 |
| पोलामा | polama | 40 |
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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 Polama
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