All over the world, Noma (Noma 
, نوما 
, Нома 
) is a common unisex first name. The first name Noma is characteristic of South Africa, where it is quite a rare female name, Nigeria, where it is quite a rare primarily masculine, but very seldom feminine name, and Libya, where it is quite a rare female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Nigeria, South Africa, and Egypt. Also, Noma is the last name as well as the forename.