Rouma Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Rouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 168 | 1:114,238 | 4,517 |
| Belgium | 150 | 1:76,644 | 12,128 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rouma (11,573) may also be a first name.
Rouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rouma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﻭﻡ, Hindi: रूमा) occurs most in Niger. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rouma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 761,666th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. The last name Rouma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 52 percent of Rouma are found; 46 percent are found in West Africa and 45 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 55,537th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 11,573 people.
The surname Rouma is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 114,238. In Niger Rouma is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 85 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 8 percent reside and Diffa Region, where 5 percent reside. Beside Niger this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 40 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rouma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rouma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﻭﻡ | rwm | - |
| Rouma in the Hindi language | ||
| रूमा | ruma | 50 |
| रौमा | rauma | 50 |
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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 Rouma
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