# Poma (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/poma/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,250 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,034 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 246,996 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (1,014 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Poma in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 29% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Poma in Belgium.

## People named Poma

- Rodolphe Poma, Belgian rower (1885–1954)
- Karel Poma, Belgian politician (1920-2014)

## Similar surnames

Puma, Payne, Pena, Pham, Phan, Pina, Penn, Pan, Pino, Penny, Paine, Pine.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.