Adjouma Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Adjouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 122 | 1:170,238 | 18,185 |
| Benin | 36 | 1:287,100 | 24,014 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Adjouma (733) may also be a first name.
Adjouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adjouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adjouma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻟﺠﻮﻡ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adjouma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,214,709th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. The last name Adjouma occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Adjouma reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 304,274th most numerous first name globally, held by 733 people.
The surname Adjouma is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 170,238. In Cameroon Adjouma is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 95 percent are found, West Region, where 2 percent are found and East Region, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 19 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adjouma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adjouma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻟﺠﻮﻡ | aljwm | 25 |
| ﺁﺩﺟﻮﻣﺎ | adjwma | 25 |
| ﺁﺟﻤﺎ | ajma | 25 |
| ﺍﻟﺠﻮﻣﻪ | aljwmh | 25 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Adjouma
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