Deroum Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Deroum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 77 | 1:53,180 | 3,841 |
| Algeria | 17 | 1:2,272,444 | 44,120 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Deroum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Deroum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Deroum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺩﺭﻭﻡ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Deroum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Deroum is the 1,871,545th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. Deroum occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Deroum are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 53,180. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Guidimagha Region, where 96 percent live, Assaba Region, where 1 percent live and Brakna Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Mauritania Deroum occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 17 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Deroum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Deroum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺩﺭﻭﻡ | adrwm | 63.64 |
| ﺃﺩﺭﻭﻡ | adrwm | 27.27 |
| ﺩﺭﻭﻡ | drwm | 9.09 |
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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 Deroum
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