Goulami Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Goulami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 37 | 1:518,703 | 13,483 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Goulami (15) may also be a first name.
Goulami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goulami Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goulami is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Goulami? popularity and diffusion
The last name Goulami is the 3,100,440th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Goulami reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 15 people.
The surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 518,703. In Niger Goulami is most common in: Zinder Region, where 95 percent are found and Diffa Region, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Niger Goulami exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 5 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 3 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 Goulami
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