Ghaloum Surname
Approximately 2,922 people bear this surname
Ghaloum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 2,799 | 1:9,441 | 1,196 |
| Algeria | 120 | 1:321,930 | 30,720 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
Ghaloum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghaloum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghaloum occurs most in Yemen. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghaloum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ghaloum is the 150,823rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,494,027 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Ghaloum reside; 96 percent reside in West Asia and 96 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.
It is most numerous in Yemen, where it is borne by 2,799 people, or 1 in 9,441. In Yemen it is mostly concentrated in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 62 percent reside, Shabwah Governorate, where 16 percent reside and Taiz Governorate, where 12 percent reside. Not including Yemen it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 4 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Ghaloum
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