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
Pooma (Hindi: पूमा) is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pooma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,333,370th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 49 percent of Pooma live; 33 percent live in Southern Africa and 33 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Pooma is also the 663,277th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 188 people.
The surname Pooma is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 92,389. In Lesotho Pooma is mostly concentrated in: Qacha's Nek District, where 100 percent are found. Beside Lesotho it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 18 percent are found and Uganda, where 16 percent are found.
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
- 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 Pooma
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