Khchoum Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Khchoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 53 | 1:77,262 | 5,142 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
Khchoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khchoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Khchoum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺧﺸﻮﻡ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khchoum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,530,696th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Khchoum reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 77,262. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Tagant Region, where 40 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 30 percent live and Brakna Region, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Tunisia, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khchoum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khchoum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺧﺸﻮﻡ | akhshwm | 94.74 |
| ﺃﺧﺸﻮﻡ | akhshwm | 5.26 |
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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 Khchoum
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