Boume Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Boume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 91 | 1:228,232 | 22,810 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Boumé (1) are calculated separately.
Boume (26) may also be a first name.
Boume Demographics
Average Boume Salary in
United States
$21,935 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Boume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boume (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻢ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also occur as: Boumé. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boume? popularity and diffusion
Boume is the 1,252,959th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Boume live; 48 percent live in Central Africa and 46 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held forename on earth. It is borne by 26 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 228,232. In Cameroon Boume is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 40 percent reside, Centre Region, where 22 percent reside and West Region, where 16 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent reside and New Caledonia, where 11 percent reside.
Boume Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Boume has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Boume last name increased 189 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Boume Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Boume surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the party.
Boume earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 49.16% less than the national average, earning $21,935 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boume Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boume in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻢ | bm | 83.33 |
| ﻳﻮﻣﻪ | ywmh | 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 Boume
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