Goumala Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Goumala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 129 | 1:161,001 | 17,453 |
| Mauritania | 21 | 1:194,993 | 9,876 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Goumala (18) may also be a first name.
Goumala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goumala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goumala (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻣﻼ, Hindi: गौमाला) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Goumala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,343,156th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname Goumala occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Goumala reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Goumala is also the 2,608,198th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 18 people.
The surname Goumala is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 129 people, or 1 in 161,001. In Cameroon Goumala is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 58 percent are found, East Region, where 21 percent are found and North Region, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon Goumala is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 13 percent are found and Benin, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goumala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goumala in the Hindi language | ||
| गौमाला | gaumala | - |
| Goumala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻣﻼ | kwmla | 33.33 |
| ﻛﻤﺎﻻ | kmala | 33.33 |
| ﻛﻮﻣﺎﻻ | kwmala | 16.67 |
| ﻗﻮﻣﺎﻟﻪ | qwmalh | 16.67 |
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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 Goumala
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