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 last name Ghouma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻮﻣﺎ) is more frequently found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghouma? popularity and diffusion
Ghouma is the 607,405th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 14,289,306 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Ghouma reside; 75 percent reside in North Africa and 74 percent reside in Mahgreb. Ghouma is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name globally It is held by 12 people.
The last name is most widely held in Algeria, where it is borne by 332 people, or 1 in 116,360. In Algeria Ghouma is most numerous in: El Oued Province, where 61 percent live, Illizi Province, where 38 percent live and Ouargla Province, where 0 percent live. Barring Algeria it exists in 10 countries. It is also common 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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