Hourma Surname
Approximately 988 people bear this surname
Hourma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 952 | 1:4,301 | 515 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Hourma (75) may also be a first name.
Hourma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hourma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hourma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﺮﻣﻪ, Marathi: हुरमा) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hourma? popularity and diffusion
Hourma is the 365,146th most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 7,376,059 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hourma reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Hourma is also the 1,116,575th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 75 people.
Hourma is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 952 people, or 1 in 4,301. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 22 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 21 percent live and Trarza Region, where 17 percent live. Outside of Mauritania it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Algeria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hourma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hourma in the Marathi language | ||
| हुरमा | hurama | - |
| Hourma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﺮﻣﻪ | hrmh | 74.92 |
| ﺣﺮﻡ | hrm | 19.2 |
| ﺣﺮﻣﺔ | hrmt | 5.88 |
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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 Hourma
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