Coume Surname
Approximately 230 people bear this surname
Coume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 222 | 1:65,673 | 891 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Coumé (11) are calculated separately.
Coume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Coume (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻣﻰ) is borne by more people in Senegal than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Coumé. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Coume? popularity and diffusion
The last name Coume is the 1,076,574th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 31,684,982 people. Coume occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Coume live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Senegal, where it is carried by 222 people, or 1 in 65,673. In Senegal Coume is most numerous in: Dakar Region, where 24 percent reside, Matam Region, where 21 percent reside and Louga Region, where 15 percent reside. Other than Senegal this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Coume Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Coume in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻣﻰ | kwmy | 50 |
| ﻛﻮﻣﻲ | kwmy | 33.33 |
| ﻛﻢ | km | 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 Coume
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