Gouma Surname
Approximately 2,711 people bear this surname
Gouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 680 | 1:7,337 | 1,118 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Netherlands | 293 | 1:57,635 | 9,915 |
| Algeria | 273 | 1:141,508 | 19,016 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Niger | 226 | 1:84,920 | 3,631 |
| Benin | 117 | 1:88,338 | 10,310 |
| Ivory Coast | 98 | 1:235,421 | 9,552 |
| Greece | 71 | 1:156,053 | 25,589 |
| Libya | 36 | 1:173,444 | 826 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Burkina Faso | 18 | 1:1,019,561 | 10,177 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Goumã (5) are calculated separately.
Gouma (931) may also be a first name.
Gouma Demographics
Average Gouma Salary in
Canada
$100,741 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Gouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gouma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻣﻰ, Hindi: गौमा) is found most in The Congo. It may appear in the variant forms: Goumã. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouma? popularity and diffusion
Gouma is the 160,765th most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 2,688,139 people. Gouma is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Gouma live; 36 percent live in West Africa and 27 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gouma is also the 265,066th most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 931 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The Congo, where it is carried by 680 people, or 1 in 7,337. In The Congo Gouma is mostly concentrated in: Niari Department, where 49 percent live, Pointe-Noire Department, where 38 percent live and Brazzaville Department, where 10 percent live. Not including The Congo this last name is found in 37 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 19 percent live and The Netherlands, where 11 percent live.
Gouma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gouma has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gouma last name grew 180 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gouma Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Gouma earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 84.27% less than the national average, earning R 37,392 per year and in Canada they earn 102.77% more than the national average, earning $100,741 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gouma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gouma in the Hindi language | ||
| गौमा | gauma | - |
| Gouma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻣﻰ | kwmy | 25 |
| ﻗﻮﻣﺎ | qwma | 25 |
| ﺟﻮﻣﻪ | jwmh | 25 |
| ﺍﺟﻮﻡ | ajwm | 25 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gouma
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