Maloum Surname
Approximately 9,130 people bear this surname
Maloum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,413 | 1:8,607 | 1,118 |
| Algeria | 2,375 | 1:16,266 | 2,943 |
| Chad | 1,444 | 1:9,413 | 1,247 |
| Niger | 1,236 | 1:15,528 | 1,033 |
| Mauritania | 648 | 1:6,319 | 729 |
| Iraq | 550 | 1:63,676 | 2,296 |
| France | 361 | 1:183,996 | 28,633 |
| Benin | 46 | 1:224,687 | 20,522 |
| Tunisia | 17 | 1:35,919 | 5,218 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Maloum (4,717) may also be a first name.
Maloum Demographics
Average Maloum Salary in
United States
$43,804 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Maloum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maloum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maloum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﻠﻮﻡ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maloum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 55,612th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 798,198 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Maloum reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 99,718th most commonly used forename globally It is held by 4,717 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 2,413 people, or 1 in 8,607. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 72 percent reside, North Region, where 16 percent reside and Centre Region, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 26 percent reside and Chad, where 16 percent reside.
Maloum Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Maloum earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 1.52% more than the national average, earning $43,804 USD per year and in Canada they earn 42.54% less than the national average, earning $28,546 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maloum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maloum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﻠﻮﻡ | mlwm | 77.12 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻡ | almlwm | 22.88 |
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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 Maloum
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