Moloum Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Moloum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Moloum (10) may also be a first name.
Moloum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moloum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moloum is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moloum? popularity and diffusion
Moloum is the 7,593,402nd most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moloum reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Moloum is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 10 people.
The surname Moloum is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Moloum is mostly concentrated in: East Region, where 25 percent live, Far North Region, where 25 percent live and Northwest Region, where 25 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 33 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 Moloum
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