El Maloum Surname

401,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 874 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Maloum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Maloum 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
Mauritania8721:4,696563
Niger21:9,596,00886,358

El Maloum (214) may also be a first name.

El Maloum Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Maloum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻡ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of El Maloum.

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

It is the 401,796th most numerous last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 8,338,153 people. El Maloum occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Maloum live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa. El Maloum is also the 617,781st most frequently held given name worldwide It is held by 214 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 872 people, or 1 in 4,696. In Mauritania El Maloum is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 28 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 19 percent are found and Hodh Chargui Region, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania it is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 0 percent are found.

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 Maaloum952,126/
El Maloume9548/
El Mealoum952/
El Malloum951/
El Malum941/
El Maaloume9012/
El-Maloum893/
El-Maaloum842/
El Mouloum841/
El Malam829/
El Malun824/
El Maalam789/
El Malyem781/
El Mallam781/
El Maallam744/
El Maaliem741/
El Malan7110/
El Moulan671/
El Mallahan603/
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El Maloum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Maloum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻡalmlwm99.08

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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 Maloum
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