Koume Surname
Approximately 4,141 people bear this surname
Koume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 2,605 | 1:5,597 | 277 |
| Cameroon | 830 | 1:25,023 | 3,406 |
| Mali | 323 | 1:52,536 | 1,331 |
| Japan | 91 | 1:1,404,882 | 23,668 |
| Ivory Coast | 79 | 1:292,041 | 11,081 |
| Mauritania | 68 | 1:60,219 | 4,226 |
| Benin | 54 | 1:191,400 | 18,375 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Koumé (351) are calculated separately.
Koume (480) may also be a first name.
Koume Demographics
Average Koume Salary in
United States
$22,688 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Koume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koume (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻣﻰ) occurs more in Senegal more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Koumé. For other possible spellings of Koume click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koume? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koume is the 111,989th most widespread last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,759,852 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Koume are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 388,155th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 480 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Senegal, where it is borne by 2,605 people, or 1 in 5,597. In Senegal it is most prevalent in: Matam Region, where 48 percent live, Tambacounda Region, where 22 percent live and Dakar Region, where 12 percent live. Other than Senegal it occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and Mali, where 8 percent live.
Koume Last Name Statistics demography
Koume earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 47.42% less than the national average, earning $22,688 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koume Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koume in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻣﻰ | kwmy | 47.62 |
| ﻛﻮﻣﻲ | kwmy | 44.76 |
| ﻛﻮﻡ | kwm | 3.81 |
| ﻛﻮﻣﻪ | kwmh | 1.9 |
| ﻛﻮﻣﻴﻪ | kwmyh | 0.95 |
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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 Koume
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