Ghouma Surname
Approximately 510 people bear this surname
Ghouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 332 | 1:116,360 | 16,562 |
| France | 94 | 1:706,625 | 89,060 |
| Tunisia | 46 | 1:13,274 | 2,179 |
| Mauritania | 19 | 1:215,519 | 10,553 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Ghouma (12) may also be a first name.
Ghouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghouma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻮﻣﺎ) is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ghouma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghouma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ghouma is the 607,405th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 14,289,306 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Ghouma reside; 75 percent reside in North Africa and 74 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 3,306,491st most common first name in the world It is held by 12 people.
The last name is most common in Algeria, where it is carried by 332 people, or 1 in 116,360. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: El Oued Province, where 61 percent live, Illizi Province, where 38 percent live and Ouargla Province, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in France, where 18 percent live and Tunisia, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghouma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghouma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻮﻣﺎ | qwma | 85.71 |
| ﻗﻢ | qm | 14.29 |
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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 Ghouma
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