Aloum Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Aloum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Cameroon | 78 | 1:266,270 | 25,687 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Aloum (22) may also be a first name.
Aloum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aloum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aloum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻠﻮﻡ) is found in Saudi Arabia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aloum? popularity and diffusion
The surname Aloum is the 872,430th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. The last name Aloum is primarily found in Asia, where 68 percent of Aloum reside; 66 percent reside in West Asia and 65 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Aloum is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 22 people.
It is most commonly used in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 155,054. Outside of Saudi Arabia this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Mauritania, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aloum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aloum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻠﻮﻡ | lwm | - |
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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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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Aloum
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