Polumo Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Polumo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 8 | 1:254,070 | 15,268 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Polumo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polumo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Polumo is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Polumo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polumo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Polumo is the 6,063,924th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Polumo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Polumo are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Polumo is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 254,070. In Lesotho Polumo is mostly concentrated in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 63 percent reside, Berea District, where 13 percent reside and Leribe District, where 13 percent reside. Not including Lesotho this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 10 percent reside and South Africa, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pollumos | 86 | 0 | / |
| Pulumo | 83 | 716 | / |
| Polomo | 83 | 64 | / |
| Palumo | 83 | 49 | / |
| Poluma | 83 | 27 | / |
| Pelumo | 83 | 23 | / |
| Polimo | 83 | 7 | / |
| Palummo | 77 | 223 | / |
| Poloomo | 77 | 161 | / |
| Polimou | 77 | 11 | / |
| Phulumo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pelumoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puluumo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Polouma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Palumgo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peloumo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Palumos | 77 | 1 | / |
| Polumah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pollumaa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Poulouma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Polhumas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Palomo | 67 | 80,954 | / |
| Poloma | 67 | 358 | / |
| Paluma | 67 | 329 | / |
| Puluma | 67 | 188 | / |
| Polima | 67 | 148 | / |
| Palimo | 67 | 64 | / |
| Pelimo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Peluma | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pulomo | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Polumo
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