Where Does The Last Name Goume Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Goume (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻣﻰ) is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Goume? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 742,570^th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 18,782,335 people. The last name Goume occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Goume are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Goume is also the 1,005,046^th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 90 people.

Goume is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 187 people, or 1 in 55,271. In Benin Goume is most prevalent in: Ouémé Department, where 49 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 37 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 24 percent reside and France, where 20 percent reside.