Kourma Surname
Approximately 6,768 people bear this surname
Kourma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6,625 | 1:2,897 | 300 |
| Senegal | 92 | 1:158,471 | 1,278 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kourma (1,557) may also be a first name.
Kourma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kourma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kourma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﻣﺎ) has its highest incidence in Niger. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kourma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 72,808th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,076,765 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kourma live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 196,366th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 1,557 people.
This surname is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 6,625 people, or 1 in 2,897. In Niger it is mostly found in: Maradi Region, where 41 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 32 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Niger this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kourma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kourma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺭﻣﺎ | kwrma | - |
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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 Kourma
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