Sourma Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Sourma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 171 | 1:121,457 | 13,881 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Sourma (24) may also be a first name.
Sourma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sourma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sourma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺮﻣﻪ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sourma.
How Common Is The Last Name Sourma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sourma is the 1,295,379th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sourma reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 63 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Sourma is also the 2,187,323rd most widely held given name worldwide. It is borne by 24 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 121,457. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: East Region, where 64 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 35 percent are found and Centre Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 1 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sourma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sourma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺮﻣﻪ | srmh | - |
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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 Sourma
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