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) occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kourma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kourma is the 72,808th most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,076,765 people. The last name Kourma occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kourma are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 196,366th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,557 people.
It is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 6,625 people, or 1 in 2,897. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 41 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 32 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 16 percent reside. Besides Niger Kourma occurs 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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