Kourama Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Kourama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 204 | 1:101,809 | 12,019 |
| Niger | 41 | 1:468,098 | 12,501 |
| Greece | 26 | 1:426,146 | 56,152 |
| Mauritania | 25 | 1:163,795 | 8,806 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kourama (526) may also be a first name.
Kourama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kourama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kourama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﺍﻡ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kourama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kourama is the 889,654th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 24,130,947 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Kourama reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 367,904th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 526 people.
The surname Kourama is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 101,809. In Cameroon Kourama is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside and East Region, where 0 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 14 percent reside and Greece, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kourama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kourama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﺍﻡ | kram | 50 |
| ﻛﻮﺭﺍﻣﻪ | kwramh | 33.33 |
| ﻛﺮﺍﻣﻪ | kramh | 16.67 |
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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 Kourama
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