Puame Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Puame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Puame (95) may also be a first name.
Puame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Puame has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Puame? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,373,373rd most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Puame live; 97 percent live in Oceania Islands and 97 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 974,243rd most frequent given name throughout the world, borne by 95 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 247,082. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Southern Highlands, where 76 percent live and East Sepik, where 24 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea Puame exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puameh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Npuame | 91 | 1 | / |
| Puam | 89 | 24 | / |
| Puaymee | 83 | 1 | / |
| Buame | 80 | 1,048 | / |
| Puama | 80 | 46 | / |
| Pwame | 80 | 13 | / |
| Puami | 80 | 2 | / |
| Puome | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mpuam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buameh | 73 | 506 | / |
| Buamee | 73 | 146 | / |
| Buamea | 73 | 10 | / |
| Buamer | 73 | 6 | / |
| Puhaim | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pwameh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Buamme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puaiem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puamma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puhasmets | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buam | 67 | 1,217 | / |
| Bouhame | 67 | 17 | / |
| Buhamed | 67 | 11 | / |
| Vuam | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pwam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pouhome | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buhamer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buahame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buaaime | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Puame
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis