Goulam Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Goulam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 143 | 1:464,495 | 66,161 |
| Mauritania | 70 | 1:58,498 | 4,137 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Goulam (107) may also be a first name.
Goulam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goulam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goulam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻏﻼﻡ, Hindi: गूुलाम) occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Goulam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,048,281st most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Goulam live; 34 percent live in East Africa and 29 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Goulam is also the 910,230th most commonly occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 107 people.
This last name is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 143 people, or 1 in 464,495. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 38 percent live, Réunion, where 35 percent live and Mayotte, where 22 percent live. Aside from France this last name is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 29 percent live and Madagascar, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goulam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goulam in the Hindi language | ||
| गूुलाम | guulama | - |
| Goulam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻏﻼﻡ | ghlam | 93.75 |
| ﻡ | m | 3.13 |
| ﻗﻼﻡ | qlam | 3.13 |
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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 Goulam
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