Amoun Surname
Approximately 11,336 people bear this surname
Amoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 8,201 | 1:2,353 | 284 |
| Lebanon | 1,670 | 1:3,375 | 640 |
| Iran | 818 | 1:93,866 | 9,363 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Jordan | 95 | 1:93,078 | 6,845 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| Benin | 38 | 1:271,990 | 23,227 |
| Palestine | 30 | 1:151,628 | 8,274 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Amoun (30,951) may also be a first name.
Amoun Demographics
Amoun Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Amoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amoun (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻤﻮﻥ, Russian: Амоун) is borne by more people in Syria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amoun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 45,738th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 642,867 people. The surname Amoun is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Amoun live; 89 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Levant. Amoun is also the 27,258th most frequently held first name globally, held by 30,951 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Syria, where it is carried by 8,201 people, or 1 in 2,353. In Syria Amoun is primarily concentrated in: Aleppo Governorate, where 89 percent reside, Hama Governorate, where 8 percent reside and Homs Governorate, where 3 percent reside. Barring Syria Amoun occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 15 percent reside and Iran, where 7 percent reside.
Amoun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Amoun has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Amoun Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Amoun last name is chiefly Sunni (78%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amoun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amoun in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻤﻮﻥ | mwn | - |
| Amoun in the Russian language | ||
| Амоун | amoun | - |
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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 Amoun
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