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
The last name Noume (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻤﻪ) occurs in Togo more than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Noumé. For other possible spellings of Noume click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Noume? popularity and diffusion
The last name Noume is the 363,955th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 7,346,316 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Noume are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 217,187th most widely held first name in the world, held by 1,311 people.
The surname Noume is most commonly used in Togo, where it is borne by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Other than Togo it exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 37 percent are found and Benin, where 6 percent are found.
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
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- 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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