Alouma Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Alouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 91 | 1:228,232 | 22,810 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Alouma (397) may also be a first name.
Alouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alouma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻠﻮﻡ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alouma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alouma is the 1,727,723rd most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name Alouma is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Alouma live; 85 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 433,463rd most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 397 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 228,232. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 40 percent reside, East Region, where 27 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 16 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 4 percent reside and Chad, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alouma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alouma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻠﻮﻡ | lwm | 33.33 |
| ﻋﻠﻮﻣﻪ | lwmh | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻮﻣﻪ | alwmh | 16.67 |
| ﺃﻟﻤﺎ | alma | 16.67 |
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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 Alouma
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