Pukuma Surname
Approximately 651 people bear this surname
Pukuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 589 | 1:300,752 | 16,796 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Pukuma (146) may also be a first name.
Pukuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pukuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pukuma occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pukuma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 504,389th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 11,194,387 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Pukuma are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 763,528th most common first name at a global level, held by 146 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 589 people, or 1 in 300,752. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 53 percent live, Yobe, where 19 percent live and Borno, where 8 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paukuma | 92 | 95 | / |
| Pukumah | 92 | 37 | / |
| Peukuma | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pukumma | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pudkumma | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pugkumas | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pokuma | 83 | 37 | / |
| Pukume | 83 | 22 | / |
| Pikuma | 83 | 7 | / |
| Pukima | 83 | 3 | / |
| Pucuma | 83 | 3 | / |
| Poukumo | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pukimai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puikumo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pukhoma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pikkumaa | 71 | 38 | / |
| Pukhomai | 71 | 21 | / |
| Piekouma | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pukummee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pokoma | 67 | 43 | / |
| Pokumo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pougkumgi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pukomo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pukimo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puttkumer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Phokoma | 62 | 4 | / |
| Piecouma | 57 | 28 | / |
| Pucummee | 57 | 5 | / |
| Pookumme | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pookummee | 53 | 2 | / |
| Pocoma | 50 | 116 | / |
| Pokomo | 50 | 19 | / |
| Pokomi | 50 | 15 | / |
| Pokomy | 50 | 10 | / |
| Pokome | 50 | 3 | / |
| Phookummee | 50 | 2 | / |
| Pookhummee | 50 | 1 | / |
| Pocumo | 50 | 1 | / |
| Pocumi | 50 | 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 Pukuma
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