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
Average Puma Salary in
United States
$47,937 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Puma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Puma (Hindi: पूमा, Marathi: पुमा, Oriya: ପୁମା, Tibetan: པུ་མ) is found most frequently in Peru. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Puma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Puma is the 10,693rd most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 138,628 people. Puma occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Puma live; 78 percent live in South America and 77 percent live in Andean South America. It is also the 72,996th most common first name internationally, borne by 7,681 people.
It is most commonly used in Peru, where it is carried by 29,894 people, or 1 in 1,063. In Peru it is most prevalent in: Cusco Region, where 36 percent live, Arequipa Region, where 20 percent live and Puno Region, where 17 percent live. Aside from Peru Puma exists in 89 countries. It also occurs in Bolivia, where 14 percent live and Ecuador, where 6 percent live.
Puma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Puma has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Puma last name increased 32,133 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Puma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Puma surname is primarily Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Puma surname are 5.89% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.66% being registered to vote for 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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