Pooma Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Pooma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 22 | 1:92,389 | 10,629 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
Pooma (188) may also be a first name.
Pooma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pooma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pooma (Hindi: पूमा) is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pooma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,333,370th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. Pooma is mostly found in Africa, where 49 percent of Pooma live; 33 percent live in Southern Africa and 33 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 663,277th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 188 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 92,389. In Lesotho Pooma is most common in: Qacha's Nek District, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Lesotho Pooma is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 18 percent reside and Uganda, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pooma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pooma in the Hindi language | ||
| पूमा | puma | - |
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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 Pooma
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