Bhoum Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Bhoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
Bhoum (133) may also be a first name.
Bhoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bhoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bhoum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻬﻢ, Hindi: भौम) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bhoum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,530,696th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 66 percent of Bhoum reside; 66 percent reside in South Asia and 66 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 804,402nd most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 133 people.
The surname is most numerous in India, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 20,185,931. In India Bhoum is most common in: Gujarat, where 71 percent reside, Assam, where 26 percent reside and Rajasthan, where 3 percent reside. Besides India it is found in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 34 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bhoum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bhoum in the Hindi language | ||
| भौम | bhauma | - |
| Bhoum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﻬﻢ | abhm | 87.5 |
| ﺑﻬﻢ | bhm | 12.5 |
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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 Bhoum
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