Mahoum Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Mahoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 84 | 1:48,748 | 3,603 |
| Palestine | 84 | 1:54,153 | 5,319 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Mahoum Demographics
Average Mahoum Salary in
United States
$10,542 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mahoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahoum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻫﻢ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Mahoum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahoum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,263,456th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 49 percent of Mahoum reside; 48 percent reside in West Asia and 47 percent reside in Levant.
The surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 48,748. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Guidimagha Region, where 39 percent live, Tagant Region, where 30 percent live and Hodh Chargui Region, where 13 percent live. Besides Mauritania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 46 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Mahoum Last Name Statistics demography
Mahoum earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 75.57% less than the national average, earning $10,542 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahoum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahoum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﻫﻢ | mahm | 69.23 |
| ﻣﺤﻮﻡ | mhwm | 15.38 |
| ﻣﺎﻫﻮﻡ | mahwm | 15.38 |
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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 Mahoum
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