Vouma Surname
Approximately 1,137 people bear this surname
Vouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 960 | 1:1,968 | 332 |
| Congo | 176 | 1:28,347 | 2,979 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Vouma (181) may also be a first name.
Vouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vouma is more commonly found in Gabon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vouma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 326,779th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 6,409,451 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Vouma are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 100 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Vouma is also the 677,199th most commonly held given name on earth, held by 181 people.
It is most numerous in Gabon, where it is carried by 960 people, or 1 in 1,968. Barring Gabon this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Vouma
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