Goulame Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Goulame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Goulame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goulame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goulame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻏﻼﻡ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goulame? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Goulame are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 682,477. In Mauritania Goulame is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 83 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 17 percent are found. Other than Mauritania it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 22 percent are found and Algeria, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goulame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goulame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻏﻼﻡ | ghlam | - |
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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 Goulame
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