Mahouma Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Mahouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Mahouma (12) may also be a first name.
Mahouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahouma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺤﻮﻡ) is found in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahouma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mahouma is the 3,432,070th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahouma reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 36 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 12 people.
The surname Mahouma is most prevalent in The Congo, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 453,554. In The Congo Mahouma is mostly concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 82 percent live, Bouenza Department, where 9 percent live and Cuvette Department, where 9 percent live. Other than The Congo it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 27 percent live and Benin, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahouma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahouma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺤﻮﻡ | mhwm | - |
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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 Mahouma
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