Yoma
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 12 countries
/joma/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Yoma is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- ARArgentina1 in 155K(measured from records)
- CLChile≈1 in 195K
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 456K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 69 (measured from records)
- 1 in 155K (inferred from the name graph)
≈410 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Argentina
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Yoma counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 522K | — | Yoma | 23 |
| AR Argentina | 294 | 1 in 155K | 294 | Yoma | 38 |
| PH Philippines | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 456K | — | Yoma | 20 |
| KE Kenya | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 519K | — | Yoma | 4 |
| CL Chile | ≈93 est. | ≈1 in 195K | — | Yoma | 33 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Yoma is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of よま
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In dag, near
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
In Turkish, Efsane.
as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Pedro Yomab. 1927CLChilean athletics competitor (1927-2009)
- Zulema Yomab. 1938ARformer First lady of Argentina
- Edmundo Pérez Yomab. 1939CLChilean politician
- Emir Yomab. 1947ARArgentinian businessperson
- Amira Yomab. 1952ARArgentinian politician
- Jorge Raúl Yomab. 1953ARArgentinian lawyer and politician
- Pablo Yomab. 1963CLChilean association football player
- Carlos Saúl Facundo Menemb. 1968ARnot in their usual nameArgentinian racing driver
- Zulema Menemb. 1970ARnot in their usual nameArgentine first lady
- Amin Yomab. 1976ARArgentine screenwriter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 294 | — |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Yoma?
- A machine transcription gives /joma/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Yoma have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 410 people named Yoma in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yoma.
- Where is Yoma most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Yoma is densest in Argentina — about 1 in 155 thousand people — even though Nigeria holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Yoma?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 294 people named Yoma, about 1 in 155 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yomaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yoma”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.