Uma Surname
Approximately 46,463 people bear this surname
Uma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 19,428 | 1:39,482 | 2,777 |
| Nigeria | 9,443 | 1:18,759 | 1,743 |
| Thailand | 4,724 | 1:14,953 | 1,076 |
| Honduras | 2,715 | 1:3,247 | 401 |
| Indonesia | 2,624 | 1:50,400 | 5,657 |
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Uganda | 1,343 | 1:29,069 | 3,999 |
| Bangladesh | 1,081 | 1:147,416 | 5,565 |
| Papua New Guinea | 933 | 1:8,739 | 678 |
| Japan | 639 | 1:200,069 | 8,996 |
| Malaysia | 231 | 1:127,681 | 8,300 |
| Turkey | 208 | 1:374,141 | 23,184 |
| Solomon Islands | 163 | 1:3,558 | 402 |
| United States | 150 | 1:2,416,393 | 148,665 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Singapore | 73 | 1:75,448 | 3,146 |
| United Arab Emirates | 73 | 1:125,511 | 10,390 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Italy | 58 | 1:1,054,426 | 71,176 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Philippines | 57 | 1:1,776,109 | 113,042 |
| Pakistan | 53 | 1:3,370,639 | 25,973 |
| Taiwan | 48 | 1:488,432 | 3,698 |
| Brazil | 44 | 1:4,865,326 | 126,089 |
| England | 39 | 1:1,428,668 | 62,556 |
| Romania | 34 | 1:590,526 | 42,844 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Poland | 21 | 1:1,809,940 | 93,678 |
| Czechia | 20 | 1:531,673 | 54,411 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| El Salvador | 10 | 1:634,389 | 3,243 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Uma (1,180,238) may also be a first name.
Uma Demographics
Uma Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Uma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Uma (Arabic: أوما, Bengali: উমা, Hindi: उमा, Marathi: उमा, Oriya: ଉମା, Tibetan: ཨུ་མ་) occurs most in India. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Uma is the 12,093rd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 156,846 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Uma live; 44 percent live in South Asia and 42 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 702nd most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,180,238 people.
It is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 19,428 people, or 1 in 39,482. In India it is most numerous in: Telangana, where 37 percent live, Gujarat, where 24 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 12 percent live. Outside of India this surname occurs in 77 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent live and Thailand, where 10 percent live.
Uma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Uma has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Uma last name grew 3,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Uma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (73%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Uma surname are 37.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 90.91% being registered with the party.
Uma earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28.07% more than the national average, earning $55,261 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Uma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Uma in the Marathi language | ||
| उमा | uma | 99.14 |
| ऊमा | uma | 0.81 |
| उम | uma | 0.02 |
| ़उमा | uma | 0.01 |
| Uma in the Hindi language | ||
| उमा | uma | 98.61 |
| ऊमा | uma | 1.24 |
| उ़मा | uma | 0.02 |
| ऊ़मा | uma | 0.01 |
| ओमा | oma | 0 |
| उ्मा | uma | 0 |
| ूमा | uma | 0 |
| अमा | ama | 0 |
| ूम़ | uma | 0 |
| उम | uma | 0 |
| ़़ऊमा | uma | 0 |
| ्उमा | uma | 0 |
| ुमा | uma | 0 |
| ूम | uma | 0 |
| ़ऊमा | uma | 0 |
| ़उमा | uma | 0 |
| Uma in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨུ་མ་ | uma | 97.56 |
| ཨ་མ་ | ama | 1.22 |
| ཨེ་མ་ | ema | 1.22 |
| Uma in the Bengali language | ||
| উমা | uma | 97.53 |
| ঊমা | uma | 2.44 |
| উম | uma | 0.03 |
| Uma in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉମା | uma | 96.19 |
| ଊମା | uma | 2.09 |
| ଉମା୍ | uma | 0.01 |
| ୁମା | uma | 0.01 |
| Uma in the Arabic language | ||
| أوما | awma | - |
| اوما | awma | - |
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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 Uma
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