Zouma Surname
Approximately 4,429 people bear this surname
Zouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 3,036 | 1:6,045 | 659 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Benin | 203 | 1:50,914 | 6,413 |
| Cameroon | 194 | 1:107,057 | 12,544 |
| Greece | 157 | 1:70,572 | 11,857 |
| Niger | 151 | 1:127,099 | 4,889 |
| Ivory Coast | 77 | 1:299,626 | 11,268 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Zouma (8,595) may also be a first name.
Zouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zouma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻭﻣﻪ) is found most in Burkina Faso. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zouma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 105,676th most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,645,416 people. The last name Zouma is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Zouma are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zouma is also the 67,812th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 8,595 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 3,036 people, or 1 in 6,045. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 70 percent are found, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 12 percent are found and Centre Region, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Burkina Faso it occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 13 percent are found and Benin, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zouma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zouma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻭﻣﻪ | zwmh | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻟﺰﻭﻣﺎ | alzwma | 33.33 |
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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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- 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 Zouma
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