Teruma Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Teruma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Teruma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Teruma (15) may also be a first name.

Teruma Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Teruma Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Teruma is found most in Zimbabwe. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Teruma? popularity and diffusion

The last name Teruma is the 3,274,477th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Teruma are found; 39 percent are found in Southern Africa and 39 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 15 people.

Teruma is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,102,731. In Zimbabwe Teruma is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 93 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 7 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent live and Uganda, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Terguma9212/
Terauma929/
Terhuma924/
Terumah921/
Taeruma921/
Terima831,283/
Taruma83735/
Tiruma83118/
Terumi8331/
Toruma8319/
Terumo839/
Teroma833/
Terume832/
Tīruma831/
Tairuma7764/
Terimaa7727/
Thiruma7723/
Tarauma7721/
Terhima7710/
Teromaa779/
Tarumaa777/
Terhume776/
Tirouma773/
Terumeh773/
Therumy772/
Toerima771/
Tarhuma771/
Tiruema771/
Terumoi771/
Teurima771/
Torhuma771/
Tarumma771/
Tirumai771/
Terumge771/
Thaerima71105/
Teerimaa717/
Terhomaa716/
Tharouma714/
Tharumah713/
Thirumaa712/
Thirumai711/
Tarima671,366/
Torima67460/
Tirima67146/
Torumo6775/
Teromo6755/
Terimo6735/
Tarumo6726/
Tirume6720/
Tiroma6718/
Terome675/
Teromi672/
Therummer671/
Tharrumah671/

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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 Teruma
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