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) is most common in India. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Polama is the 816,514th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 21,371,102 people. The surname occurs mostly 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 commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 131 people.
The last name is most common in India, where it is borne by 328 people, or 1 in 2,338,614. In India Polama is mostly concentrated in: Odisha, where 95 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 4 percent reside and West Bengal, where 1 percent reside. Excluding India this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
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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