Poma is used as a family name or surname in Bolivia. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Poma
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Bolivia
Meaning: In many cases, the name is of Italian origin. It is particularly common in Sicily and Lombardy and evokes the apple (Italian "poma" used in various regions in preference to "mela"), perhaps to designate a place where the apple tree grows. A Lombardy town called Villa Poma. Note, however, that the surname is also, for many centuries, Belgium, in the Aisne and Meurthe-et-Moselle. It could designate apple alcohol, but I have no certainty.

How popular is Poma?

Poma is common in Bolivia.

Poma is ranked 8798 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Pomas grew by 23.27416 per cent to 1250 since 2000 and ranked 21034 after elevating 2357 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.76 77.02
Hispanic or Latino 29.12 17.65
Black 2.48 1.87
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.84 1.38
Poma is quite popular family name mostly used in Peru while Bolivia is ahead in terms of density. Around 61324 people have been found who wears Poma as their family name. Poma is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
214 Monaco10
98,953 Belarus7
101,066 Zimbabwe5
946 Papua New Guinea5
35,184 Poland3
22,232 Morocco3
26,321 Israel3
20,837 Venezuela2
40,064 Nigeria2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
21,529 Singapore2
12,844 Pakistan2
4,086 Angola2
18,035 Egypt2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
20,595 China2
49,101 Denmark1
30,360 Thailand1
107,212 South Africa1
11,486 Estonia1
31,207 Ireland1
1,819 Laos1
9,116 Nicaragua1
77,122 Sweden1
116 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1
14,644 Tunisia1
97 Tuvalu1
5,924 Paraguay1
9,591 Panama1
2,040 Mali1
40,340 Malaysia1
90,903 Moldova1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
3,830 Luxembourg20
3,664 Costa Rica16
100,009 Australia15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
126,983 Russia85
60,353 Ukraine79
12,039 Colombia70
56,298 England65
58,064 Canada52
Countries with hundreds of Poma:
13,868 Brazil970
11,820 France784
6,145 Spain688
2,154 Guatemala615
1,941 Burkina Faso482
32,094 Indonesia320
13,215 Mexico314
34,330 Germany303
99,472 India217
4,689 Chile216
21,351 Tanzania195
1,923 El Salvador172
7,350 Switzerland162
16,921 Belgium104
Countries with thousands of Poma:
1,847 Italy4,960
647 Ecuador4,604
2,332 Argentina2,075
21,110 United States1,511
Countries with ten thousands of Poma:
162 Peru28,828
154 Bolivia13,283
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Andrea Poma was 30 years old when he migrated to USA on October 18, 1899. He lived in Melfi, Italy where he worked as laborer and took Victoria from Naples. Bart. Poma, aged 50, Farmer Carolina Poma, 40 years old Dco. Poma, Erminio Poma (1), Erminio Poma, aged 1, Ernesto Poma (26) Farmer, F. Poma, aged 24, Peasant Giovanni Poma, and 7 other Poma majority of whom were farmer and others worked as peasant migrated to US from Naples, Genoa & Gibraltar and Havre.

Comments

E
Evon Binkley
 This name comes from the Latin: pomarus the name has meaning: apple; pomellus, apple source: Glossary of the barge.

Poma Namesakes

  • Agnieszka Pomaska, Politician
  • Alba Pomares, Soccer player
  • Arturo Pomar, Chess Player
  • Alexandra Pomales, Actress
  • Arturo Pomar, Chess Player
  • Bohdan Pomahač, Plastic Surgeon
  • Vicente Francisco Candela Pomares, Mathematician
  • Robert Pomakov, Bass
  • Kerri Pomarolli, Author
  • Fabiola Pomareda, Article writer

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