El Gouma Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Gouma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Gouma Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

El Gouma Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Gouma Come From? nationality or country of origin

El Gouma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠﻮﻡ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Gouma? popularity and diffusion

The surname El Gouma is the 10,311,814th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Gouma are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania El Gouma is most frequent in: Brakna Region, where 50 percent reside and Gorgol Region, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania it exists in one country. It is also found in Morocco, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Ouma934/
El Goma933/
El Ghoumaj891/
El Gousmat891/
El Houma88344/
El Goumi88241/
El Gomaa885/
El Oumma882/
El-Gouma881/
El Ngoma881/
El Goumhi82170/
El Houmad825/
El Gama806/
El Uhma804/
El Homa804/
El Omai801/
El Hoummas781/
El Hoummad781/
El Gamah75342/
El Ummah75153/
El Homas7513/
El Gamaa756/
El Gamat751/
El-Goumy751/
El Gamma751/
El Ghomy751/
El Ghome751/
El Hoummass742/
El Gamouz71171/
El Ghamas7133/
El Ama7118/
El Gamous7115/
El Hommad716/
El-Gomath714/
El Ghotmy714/
El Ghomey714/
El Gamaay714/
El Houmod713/
El Gammat711/
El Gaamaz711/
El Houmou711/
El Asma67184/
El Houmoud6778/
El Hama6726/
El Aima6716/
El Ghammat6714/
El Amma675/
El Ghamouz674/
El Gaamouz674/
El Amas673/
El Ayma673/
El Atma672/
El Amay672/
El Amad672/
El AMaa671/
El Gamouss671/
El Ghammad671/
El Aïma671/
El Houmeid671/
El Ghamous671/
El-Osma671/
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El Gouma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Gouma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺠﻮﻡaljwm-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 El Gouma
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