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
The surname Pukuma is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pukuma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 504,389th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,194,387 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Pukuma live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pukuma is also the 763,528th most frequent first name globally, borne by 146 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 589 people, or 1 in 300,752. In Nigeria Pukuma is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 53 percent are found, Yobe, where 19 percent are found and Borno, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Pukuma is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found.
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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