Joume Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Joume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 162 | 1:118,469 | 4,647 |
| Cameroon | 36 | 1:576,919 | 44,454 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Joumé (4) are calculated separately.
Joume (80) may also be a first name.
Joume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Joume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Joume (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﻡ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Joumé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Joume? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,148,257th most numerous last name internationally, held by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Joume are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Joume is also the 1,075,395th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 80 people.
The last name Joume is most common in Niger, where it is carried by 162 people, or 1 in 118,469. In Niger Joume is primarily found in: Maradi Region, where 98 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Niger this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside and Mauritania, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Joume Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Joume in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻮﻡ | jwm | 54.55 |
| ﺟﻮﻣﻪ | jwmh | 18.18 |
| ﺍﻟﺠﻮﻡ | aljwm | 9.09 |
| ﺍﺟﻮﻣﻪ | ajwmh | 9.09 |
| ﺍﺟﻮﻡ | ajwm | 9.09 |
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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 Joume
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