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 last name Puame occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puame? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,373,373rd most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Puame are found; 97 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 97 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Puame is also the 974,243rd most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 95 people.
The surname Puame is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 247,082. In Papua New Guinea Puame is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 76 percent are found and East Sepik, where 24 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea Puame occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 3 percent are found.
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
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