Ghacem Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Ghacem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Ghacem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghacem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghacem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﺎﺳﻢ) is most common in Mauritania. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghacem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most numerous surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ghacem reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 25 percent live, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 25 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 25 percent live. Aside from Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 38 percent live and Ghana, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghacem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghacem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﺎﺳﻢ | qasm | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺳﻢ | alqasm | 50 |
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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 Ghacem
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