Goloum Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Goloum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Goloum (10) may also be a first name.
Goloum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goloum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goloum is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Goloum.
How Common Is The Last Name Goloum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,808,717th most commonly used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Goloum are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Goloum is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 10 people.
The last name Goloum is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 561,326. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: North Region, where 70 percent are found, Far North Region, where 27 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Goloum is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 19 percent are found and Gabon, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Goloum
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