Malloum Surname
Approximately 32,643 people bear this surname
Malloum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 20,990 | 1:648 | 87 |
| Cameroon | 11,347 | 1:1,830 | 181 |
| Niger | 268 | 1:71,612 | 3,232 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Malloum (14,665) may also be a first name.
Malloum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malloum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malloum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﻠﻮﻡ) is found in Chad more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malloum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 17,001st most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 223,250 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malloum reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 47,134th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 14,665 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Chad, where it is borne by 20,990 people, or 1 in 648. Not including Chad Malloum exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 35 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malloum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malloum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﻠﻮﻡ | mlwm | - |
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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 Malloum
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