Puma Surname
Approximately 52,569 people bear this surname
Puma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 29,894 | 1:1,063 | 153 |
| Bolivia | 7,356 | 1:1,443 | 284 |
| Ecuador | 3,046 | 1:5,222 | 872 |
| India | 3,034 | 1:252,823 | 14,617 |
| United States | 2,892 | 1:125,332 | 13,316 |
| Italy | 2,279 | 1:26,835 | 4,793 |
| Nigeria | 453 | 1:391,044 | 20,612 |
| Argentina | 452 | 1:94,565 | 7,974 |
| DR Congo | 322 | 1:229,440 | 22,327 |
| Papua New Guinea | 320 | 1:25,480 | 2,818 |
| Philippines | 253 | 1:400,151 | 51,276 |
| Spain | 250 | 1:187,008 | 13,054 |
| Chile | 200 | 1:88,082 | 3,411 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Tanzania | 182 | 1:290,888 | 22,561 |
| France | 161 | 1:412,563 | 60,334 |
| Canada | 159 | 1:231,733 | 22,208 |
| Venezuela | 135 | 1:223,734 | 5,799 |
| Brazil | 128 | 1:1,672,456 | 54,891 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| South Africa | 82 | 1:660,704 | 48,422 |
| Belgium | 74 | 1:155,360 | 21,583 |
| Netherlands | 63 | 1:268,050 | 33,531 |
| Germany | 60 | 1:1,341,758 | 84,137 |
| England | 53 | 1:1,051,284 | 51,324 |
| Mexico | 52 | 1:2,387,042 | 20,469 |
| Nepal | 52 | 1:547,711 | 4,568 |
| Angola | 49 | 1:550,800 | 2,323 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Switzerland | 20 | 1:410,646 | 30,429 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Albania | 14 | 1:208,147 | 13,618 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Colombia | 13 | 1:3,674,929 | 15,922 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Turkey | 9 | 1:8,646,825 | 130,497 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Puma (7,681) may also be a first name.
Puma Demographics
Puma Political Affiliation
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Puma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puma (Hindi: पूमा, Marathi: पुमा, Oriya: ପୁମା, Tibetan: པུ་མ) is found most in Peru. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Puma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,693rd most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 138,628 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Puma reside; 78 percent reside in South America and 77 percent reside in Andean South America. Puma is also the 72,996th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 7,681 people.
This last name is most widespread in Peru, where it is borne by 29,894 people, or 1 in 1,063. In Peru it is most numerous in: Cusco Region, where 36 percent are found, Arequipa Region, where 20 percent are found and Puno Region, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Peru it exists in 89 countries. It is also found in Bolivia, where 14 percent are found and Ecuador, where 6 percent are found.
Puma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Puma has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 32,133 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Puma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Puma surname are 5.89% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.66% registered with the party.
The amount Puma earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 14.55% less than the national average, earning €25,661 per year; in Peru they earn 25.23% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,494 per year; in South Africa they earn 15.29% more than the national average, earning R 273,972 per year; in United States they earn 11.1% more than the national average, earning $47,937 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.3% more than the national average, earning $53,806 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Puma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puma in the Marathi language | ||
| पुमा | puma | - |
| Puma in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁମା | puma | 93.33 |
| ପିଉମା | pi'uma | 6.67 |
| Puma in the Hindi language | ||
| पूमा | puma | 62.22 |
| पुमा | puma | 35.56 |
| पीउमा | pi'uma | 2.22 |
| Puma in the Tibetan language | ||
| པུ་མ | puma | 50 |
| བྷ་དུར་པུ་མ་ | bhadurpuma | 50 |
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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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- 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 Puma
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