Palouma Surname
Approximately 3,783 people bear this surname
Palouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 3,177 | 1:4,278 | 686 |
| Cameroon | 602 | 1:34,500 | 4,643 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Palouma (926) may also be a first name.
Palouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Palouma occurs most in Chad. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palouma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 121,108th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,926,393 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Palouma reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 265,988th most widespread first name globally It is held by 926 people.
Palouma is most frequently held in Chad, where it is held by 3,177 people, or 1 in 4,278. Outside of Chad Palouma exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 16 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Palouma
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