Poma Surname
Approximately 82,425 people bear this surname
Poma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 34,878 | 1:911 | 131 |
| Bolivia | 29,548 | 1:359 | 64 |
| Italy | 5,264 | 1:11,618 | 1,813 |
| Ecuador | 3,668 | 1:4,336 | 734 |
| United States | 1,612 | 1:224,850 | 21,760 |
| Argentina | 1,092 | 1:39,142 | 3,282 |
| Brazil | 810 | 1:264,289 | 10,180 |
| Spain | 681 | 1:68,652 | 6,125 |
| Burkina Faso | 666 | 1:27,556 | 1,646 |
| France | 578 | 1:114,918 | 17,280 |
| DR Congo | 458 | 1:161,309 | 16,675 |
| Papua New Guinea | 411 | 1:19,839 | 2,077 |
| Indonesia | 385 | 1:343,504 | 29,814 |
| Chile | 312 | 1:56,463 | 2,456 |
| Guatemala | 264 | 1:60,919 | 2,425 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| India | 245 | 1:3,130,879 | 92,461 |
| Thailand | 228 | 1:309,817 | 53,384 |
| Switzerland | 223 | 1:36,829 | 5,338 |
| Tanzania | 117 | 1:452,492 | 31,593 |
| Philippines | 93 | 1:1,088,583 | 89,772 |
| Belgium | 61 | 1:188,470 | 25,041 |
| New Caledonia | 52 | 1:5,312 | 1,081 |
| Canada | 45 | 1:818,791 | 63,991 |
| Russia | 42 | 1:3,431,501 | 177,080 |
| Ukraine | 41 | 1:1,110,310 | 99,505 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Mexico | 37 | 1:3,354,762 | 24,142 |
| Ivory Coast | 36 | 1:640,868 | 18,598 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Lesotho | 20 | 1:101,628 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 1:1,776,710 | 22,419 |
| El Salvador | 12 | 1:528,657 | 3,007 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Cuba | 9 | 1:1,280,302 | 7,343 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Monaco | 9 | 1:4,118 | 434 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Poma (4,652) may also be a first name.
Poma Demographics
Average Male Poma Height
169.07 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Poma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poma (Georgian: ფომა, Hindi: पोमा, Marathi: पोमा, Oriya: ପମା, Russian: Пома) is more commonly found in Peru than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Poma is the 6,857th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 88,414 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Poma live; 85 percent live in South America and 83 percent live in Andean South America. It is also the 100,525th most frequently held forename in the world. It is borne by 4,652 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Peru, where it is borne by 34,878 people, or 1 in 911. In Peru it is most frequent in: Lima Province, where 34 percent are found, Junín Region, where 19 percent are found and Puno Region, where 7 percent are found. Barring Peru it occurs in 74 countries. It is also found in Bolivia, where 36 percent are found and Italy, where 6 percent are found.
Poma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Poma has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Poma last name grew 161,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Poma Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Poma last name are 15.45% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 68.68% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Poma earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 9.17% less than the national average, earning €27,275 per year; in Peru they earn 16.21% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,243 per year; in South Africa they earn 59.55% less than the national average, earning R 96,132 per year; in United States they earn 8.81% more than the national average, earning $46,949 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.98% more than the national average, earning $56,627 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poma in the Georgian language | ||
| ფომა | poma | - |
| Poma in the Hindi language | ||
| पोमा | poma | - |
| Poma in the Marathi language | ||
| पोमा | poma | 99.67 |
| पोम | poma | 0.29 |
| पोमं | pomam | 0.04 |
| Poma in the Oriya language | ||
| ପମା | pama | 51.35 |
| େପାମା | epama | 45.95 |
| ପାମା | pama | 1.35 |
| Poma in the Russian language | ||
| Пома | poma | - |
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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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- 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 Poma
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