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Where Does The Last Name Alioun Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Alioun (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻠﻲ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alioun? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 387,740^th most numerous last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 7,964,531 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Alioun live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 210,279^th most frequent forename in the world, borne by 1,386 people.

The last name Alioun is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 582 people, or 1 in 7,036. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 25 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 19 percent are found and Trarza Region, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 23 percent are found and Iran, where 9 percent are found.

Alioun Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Alioun surname is primarily Shiite (50%) in Lebanon.