Nouma Surname
Approximately 3,746 people bear this surname
Nouma Surname User-submission:
Numa, as used among the Baby of Cameroon means 'he who seeks', 'seeker'.
Nouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 1,542 | 1:11,901 | 1,031 |
| Cameroon | 968 | 1:21,456 | 2,923 |
| Algeria | 431 | 1:89,632 | 13,771 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| Ivory Coast | 109 | 1:211,663 | 8,884 |
| Iraq | 100 | 1:350,217 | 6,594 |
| France | 100 | 1:664,227 | 85,408 |
| Tunisia | 20 | 1:30,531 | 4,563 |
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| Lebanon | 10 | 1:563,708 | 13,499 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Djibouti | 9 | 1:101,659 | 734 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Noùma (1) are calculated separately.
Nouma (679) may also be a first name.
Nouma Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Numa, as used among the Baby of Cameroon means 'he who seeks', 'seeker'.
- ewangaNouma Demographics
Nouma Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Nouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nouma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻤﻪ, Hindi: नौमा, Marathi: नोमा) is found most frequently in Burkina Faso. It can appear in the variant forms: Noùma. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nouma? popularity and diffusion
Nouma is the 122,145th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,945,421 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Nouma live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nouma is also the 317,830th most prevalent forename on earth. It is borne by 679 people.
The last name Nouma is most numerous in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 1,542 people, or 1 in 11,901. In Burkina Faso it is most numerous in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 72 percent live, Sud-Ouest Region, where 16 percent live and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 6 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso it occurs in 37 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 26 percent live and Algeria, where 12 percent live.
Nouma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Latin Catholic (29%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Nouma surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.
Nouma earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nouma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nouma in the Hindi language | ||
| नौमा | nauma | - |
| Nouma in the Marathi language | ||
| नोमा | noma | - |
| Nouma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﻤﻪ | alnmh | 28.57 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻮﻣﻪ | alnwmh | 17.86 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻢ | alnm | 10.71 |
| ﻧﻮﻣﺎ | nwma | 10.71 |
| ﻧﻮﻡ | nwm | 10.71 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻮﻡ | alnwm | 3.57 |
| ﻧﻤﻪ | nmh | 3.57 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻤﻰ | alnmy | 3.57 |
| ﻧﻢ | nm | 3.57 |
| ﺍﻧﻢ | anm | 3.57 |
| ﺃﻧﻮﻡ | anwm | 3.57 |
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