Mboum Surname
Approximately 2,207 people bear this surname
Mboum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,904 | 1:10,908 | 1,466 |
| Senegal | 284 | 1:51,336 | 799 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mboum (30) may also be a first name.
Mboum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mboum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mboum occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mboum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 191,038th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,302,014 people. The last name Mboum is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mboum reside; 84 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Mboum is also the 1,911,214th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 30 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,904 people, or 1 in 10,908. In Cameroon Mboum is most frequent in: West Region, where 49 percent live, Littoral Region, where 24 percent live and Centre Region, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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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 Mboum
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