Malouma Surname
Approximately 641 people bear this surname
Malouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 588 | 1:35,322 | 4,749 |
| Niger | 44 | 1:436,182 | 11,913 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
Malouma (635) may also be a first name.
Malouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malouma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻣﺔ) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malouma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 510,276th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,369,026 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Malouma reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Malouma is also the 330,269th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 635 people.
Malouma is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 588 people, or 1 in 35,322. In Cameroon Malouma is most numerous in: North Region, where 54 percent are found, Far North Region, where 41 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 7 percent are found and Mauritania, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malouma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malouma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻣﺔ | almlwmt | 37.93 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻣﻪ | almlwmh | 27.59 |
| ﻣﻌﻠﻮﻣﻪ | mlwmh | 13.79 |
| ﻣﻌﻠﻮﻣﺔ | mlwmt | 6.9 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻡ | almlwm | 6.9 |
| ﻣﻌﻠﻮﻣﺎ | mlwma | 3.45 |
| ﻣﻌﻠﻮﻡ | mlwm | 3.45 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Malouma
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