Noume Surname
Approximately 992 people bear this surname
Noume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Cameroon | 367 | 1:56,591 | 7,305 |
| Benin | 59 | 1:175,180 | 17,306 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Noumé (2) are calculated separately.
Noume (1,311) may also be a first name.
Noume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Noume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Noume (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻤﻪ) occurs most in Togo. It can also be found as: Noumé. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Noume? popularity and diffusion
It is the 363,955th most frequently held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,346,316 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Noume live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Noume is also the 217,187th most widespread forename at a global level. It is borne by 1,311 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Togo, where it is carried by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Excluding Togo this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 37 percent live and Benin, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Noume Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Noume in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﻤﻪ | alnmh | 27.27 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻮﻣﺔ | alnwmt | 18.18 |
| ﻧﻮﻣﻪ | nwmh | 18.18 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻮﻣﻪ | alnwmh | 9.09 |
| ﻧﻮﻣﻰ | nwmy | 9.09 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻮﻡ | alnwm | 9.09 |
| ﻧﻤﻪ | nmh | 9.09 |
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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 Noume
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