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
The surname Koume (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻣﻰ) has its highest incidence in Senegal. It can be found as a variant: Koumé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koume? popularity and diffusion
It is the 111,989th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,759,852 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Koume live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 388,155th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 480 people.
The surname Koume is most common in Senegal, where it is held by 2,605 people, or 1 in 5,597. In Senegal Koume is most common in: Matam Region, where 48 percent reside, Tambacounda Region, where 22 percent reside and Dakar Region, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Senegal it occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and Mali, where 8 percent reside.
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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- 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 Koume
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