El Maaloum Surname
Approximately 2,126 people bear this surname
El Maaloum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1,784 | 1:2,295 | 276 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
El Maaloum (301) may also be a first name.
El Maaloum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Maaloum Come From? nationality or country of origin
El Maaloum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻡ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of El Maaloum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Maaloum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 197,020th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,427,820 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Maaloum reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. El Maaloum is also the 507,810th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 301 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 1,784 people, or 1 in 2,295. In Mauritania El Maaloum is mostly found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 20 percent are found, Hodh Chargui Region, where 20 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 16 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Maloum | 95 | 874 | / |
| El Maaloume | 95 | 12 | / |
| El Maloume | 90 | 48 | / |
| El-Maaloum | 90 | 2 | / |
| El Mealoum | 90 | 2 | / |
| El Malloum | 90 | 1 | / |
| El Malum | 89 | 1 | / |
| El Maalam | 84 | 9 | / |
| El-Maloum | 84 | 3 | / |
| El Maallam | 80 | 4 | / |
| El Maaliem | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Mouloum | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Malam | 78 | 9 | / |
| El Malun | 78 | 4 | / |
| El Malyem | 74 | 1 | / |
| El Mallam | 74 | 1 | / |
| El Malan | 67 | 10 | / |
| El Moulan | 63 | 1 | / |
| El Mallahan | 57 | 3 | / |
El Maaloum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| El Maaloum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻡ | almlwm | 98.48 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻣﻪ | almlwmh | 0.68 |
| ﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻡ | lmlwm | 0.34 |
| ﻣﻌﻠﻮﻡ | mlwm | 0.17 |
| ﺍﻣﻌﻴﻠﻴﻢ | amylym | 0.17 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻣﺔ | almlwmt | 0.17 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Maaloum
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