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
Gouma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻣﻰ, Hindi: गौमा) is found most frequently in The Congo. It can also be found in the variant forms: Goumã. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gouma.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 160,765th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,688,139 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 931 people.
This last name is most numerous in The Congo, where it is held by 680 people, or 1 in 7,337. In The Congo Gouma is most common in: Niari Department, where 49 percent reside, Pointe-Noire Department, where 38 percent reside and Brazzaville Department, where 10 percent reside. Not including The Congo it exists in 37 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 19 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 11 percent reside.
Gouma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gouma has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 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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- 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 Gouma
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