Koulama Surname
Approximately 656 people bear this surname
Koulama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 599 | 1:34,673 | 4,671 |
| Niger | 31 | 1:619,097 | 15,317 |
| Greece | 23 | 1:481,730 | 61,288 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Koulama (499) may also be a first name.
Koulama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koulama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koulama is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koulama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Koulama is the 501,369th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 11,109,064 people. The surname Koulama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Koulama live; 91 percent live in Central Africa and 71 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Koulama is also the 379,662nd most commonly used forename at a global level. It is borne by 499 people.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 599 people, or 1 in 34,673. In Cameroon it is most common in: Adamawa Region, where 77 percent live, East Region, where 19 percent live and Centre Region, where 2 percent live. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 5 percent live and Greece, where 4 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Koulama
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