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 surname Ghacem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﺎﺳﻢ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghacem? popularity and diffusion
Ghacem is the 6,723,624th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Ghacem is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ghacem are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 25 percent live, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 25 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 25 percent live. Beside Mauritania it exists 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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