The Poma surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,250 people carried this name — #21,034 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is up 23% from 1,014 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,748 people named Poma live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 253 people named Poma.
Most of them — 140 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
152 people named Poma live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Poma,
with a public archive behind them.
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Felipe Huaman Puma de Ayala 1534–1615 · writer -
Felipe Huaman Puma de Ayala 1534–1615 · writer -
Carlo Poma 1823–1852 · physician -
Cesare Poma 1862–1932 · governor -
Andrea Poma 1450–1600 · university teacher
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Silvio Poma 1840–1932 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Poma.
- Poloni 164 · U.S. census
- Polsinelli 421 · U.S. census
- Polus 600 · U.S. census
- Poly 134 · U.S. census
- Polycarpe 326 · U.S. census
- Polynice 666 · U.S. census
- Pomar 423 · U.S. census
- Pomares 344 · U.S. census
- Pombo 703 · U.S. census
- Pomes 232 · U.S. census
- Pomier 179 · U.S. census
- Pommier 595 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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