Puguma Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Puguma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Puguma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puguma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Puguma is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Puguma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,483,783rd most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Puguma live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Puguma is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 148,249. In Papua New Guinea Puguma is primarily concentrated in: Western Highlands, where 84 percent reside, Chimbu, where 15 percent reside and National Capital District, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 7 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Puguma
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