Prema Surname

52,826th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,679 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Tonga

Prema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh4,9561:32,1542,037
India3,0751:249,45214,469
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
Tonga2101:511137
Haiti1891:56,5293,288
Yemen1611:164,1327,832
Malaysia1071:275,64715,325
United Arab Emirates1021:89,8268,037
United States1001:3,624,589201,936
England1001:557,18134,216
New Zealand551:82,33311,809
South Africa421:1,289,94571,309
Romania411:489,70437,604
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Indonesia331:4,007,551204,828
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Kazakhstan201:884,12554,571
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Iran111:6,980,229145,986
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Wales51:618,90625,852
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
France21:33,211,361423,184
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Préma (4), Premá (1) & Přéma (1) are calculated separately.

Prema (750,726) may also be a first name.

Prema Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Prema Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Prema (Bengali: প্রেমা, Hindi: प्रेमा, Marathi: पेमा, Oriya: େପମା, Russian: Према, Tibetan: པྲེམ་མ་) is more commonly found in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Préma, Premá or Přéma. For other potential spellings of Prema click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prema? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 52,826th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 752,923 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 91 percent of Prema are found; 86 percent are found in South Asia and 52 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Prema is also the 1,259th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 750,726 people.

The last name is most numerous in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 4,956 people, or 1 in 32,154. Excluding Bangladesh it is found in 57 countries. It is also found in India, where 32 percent reside and Sri Lanka, where 3 percent reside.

Prema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Prema has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 10,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Prema Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Prema last name are 25.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 78.57% registered with the party.

The amount Prema earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 179.63% more than the national average, earning R 664,512 per year; in United States they earn 25.34% more than the national average, earning $54,083 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.51% less than the national average, earning $40,984 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Préma934/
Premá931/
Premat91428/
Preyma91160/
Premma9191/
Preima9188/
Premay9188/
Preema9168/
Premas9138/
Presma9131/
Premad9121/
Premaz918/
Premah915/
Preama912/
Premea912/
Prrema912/
Priema912/
Preuma912/
Premai911/
Přéma871/
Premeau83133/
Premaja8339/
Premaud8337/
Pairema8323/
Premaya834/
Premmah833/
Payrema832/
Preemaa831/
Preemas831/
Preisma831/
Premaih831/
Premeah831/
Preemaz831/
Phraema831/
Praemai831/
Preemat831/
Preimah831/
Preamma831/
Prheima831/
Preimas830/
Prima8025,269/
Proma8011,665/
Premi804,583/
Premo802,913/
Prama801,762/
Pryma801,448/
Perma80525/
Preme80482/
Pirma80137/
Premy8051/
Pyrma8039/
Príma8010/
Prýma807/
Pärma801/
Premeaux77284/
Preimats779/
Premeauy771/
Premeauz771/
Preemath771/
Promma735,892/
Primas731,432/
Premey731,294/
Prymas73897/
Primaz73643/
Premer73520/
Prisma73390/
Pramai73382/
Primat73369/
Permai73351/
Presmy73279/
Premgi73203/
Premet73178/
Pirmat73152/
Permas73112/
Prahma73108/
Premio7396/
Premmi7387/
Presmo7371/
Pramma7351/
Permay7343/
Primma7338/
Preimo7330/
Premee7324/
Promha7324/
Premoo7323/
Pramau7323/
Pritma7321/
Premis7319/
Preime7319/
Premie7317/
Prýmas7314/
Priemé7313/
Premiy7313/
Pramay7312/
Prieme7312/
Pirmha7312/
Permad7311/
Preimi7311/
Priemo7311/
Primač7311/
Premit7310/
Primah7310/
Pherma7310/
Premoh738/
Premod738/
Prijma738/
Praima737/
Primay737/
Primau736/
Peerma735/
Preemi734/
Permat734/
Permah734/
Pierma733/
Premeh733/
Premij733/
Primea733/
Premme733/
Presme733/
Permea733/
Promai733/
Pramah732/
Premos732/
Prajma732/
Pirmai732/
Premoš732/
Preami732/
Preemo732/
Pirmad732/
Premii731/
Pearma731/
Preemy731/
Premmo731/
Premmy731/
Premuy731/
Preame731/
Pramaa731/
Prysma731/
Permau731/
Pirmma731/
Phreme731/
Preeme731/
Promea731/
Primoa731/
Prhima731/
Premje731/
Premou731/
Premoy731/
Premys731/
Presmi731/
Prymaś731/
Przemo731/
Przemy731/
Pirmas731/
Phroma731/
Premes730/
Premot730/
Prayma730/
Preimeaux717/
Phromma6710,982/
Primmaz67307/
Primaux67178/
Primaut67178/
Piermay67130/
Premetz6774/
Permats6766/
Premmer6751/
Phromai6746/
Primaud6739/
Premmit6739/
Premich6737/
Permaha6732/
Prommai6731/
Phromha6731/
Preimer6725/
Premecz6723/
Premhid6722/
Preimeß6719/
Prehemo6715/
Primaya6714/
Premesh6714/
Permach6714/
Pfrieme6712/
Permatz6711/
Pirmmad6710/
Preemet679/
Premech678/
Phramma678/
Phermah676/
Primaja674/
Primasp674/
Primazz674/
Primass674/
Primach673/
Prahama673/
Prohmma673/
Praimai673/
Premous672/
Prehmer672/
Primatz672/
Pritmai672/
Pearmas672/
Pearmai671/
Prehmes671/
Premiss671/
Premosh671/
Premoux671/
Primeas671/
Permauh671/
Permaus671/
Permeau671/
Pirmats671/
Primmas671/
Prymach671/
Pairemo671/
Peurmai671/
Phraemo671/
Permeas671/
Premest671/
Premish671/
Promeau671/
Proimas671/
Praimat671/
Priemou671/
Pirmach671/
Preamuy671/
Premett670/
Preamer670/
Pfremer670/
Praimma670/
Pretmer670/
Preemer670/
Preames670/
Presmer670/

Prema Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prema in the Tibetan language
པྲེམ་མ་tremma-
Prema in the Hindi language
प्रेमाprema99.75
प्रेमprema0.05
प्रॆमाprema0.02
्प्रेमाprema0.02
पेमाpema0.01
प्रमाprama0.01
पे्रमाperama0.01
प्रेेमाpreema0.01
प्रेसाpresa0
प्रैमाpraima0
प्रेमााpremaa0
सीमाsima0
मेमाmema0
परमाparama0
प्रंमाpramma0
शेषsesa0
प्रेम़ाpremaa0
पेपाpepa0
प्रिमाprima0
प्रे़माprema0
रामrama0
प्र्ेमाprema0
़प्रेमाprema0
प्रे्माprema0
प्रेमीpremi0
पे्रेमाperema0
प्रेंमाpremma0
परेमाparema0
प्रेमेाpremea0
प़्रेमाparema0
प्रेमाज़्premaz0
Prema in the Bengali language
প্রেমাprema91.43
প্রেমলালpremalala2.86
প্রেমprema2.86
প্রেমারঞ্জনpremaranjana2.86
Prema in the Oriya language
େପମାepama67.71
େପମepama23.17
ରଣାrana1.23
ରାଜraja0.25
ରାୟraya0.06
ରାମrama0.06
େପ୍ମepma0.06
Prema in the Marathi language
पेमाpema30.43
परमारparamara21.74
पेरुमलperumala6.52
रेमाrema4.35
पारेकरparekara4.35
ेमलाemala4.35
परेमाparema4.35
पोरेpore4.35
ेमनemana2.17
पे़माpema2.17
पुरेpure2.17
ेमंemam2.17
पेरेकरperekara2.17
पारेयारpareyara2.17
ेमालemala2.17
प्रेमाprema2.17
पेरामळperamala2.17
Prema in the Russian language
Премаprema-

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