Amoune Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Amoune Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 52 | 1:369,077 | 10,509 |
| Ivory Coast | 43 | 1:536,540 | 16,589 |
| Mauritania | 24 | 1:170,619 | 9,051 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Amoune (66) may also be a first name.
Amoune Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amoune Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amoune (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻮﻥ) is borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Amoune click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amoune? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amoune is the 1,527,735th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. Amoune is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Amoune reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Amoune is also the 1,201,840th most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 66 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 369,077. In Niger Amoune is most common in: Tillabéri Region, where 33 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 29 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Niger this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 32 percent are found and Mauritania, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amoune Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amoune in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻮﻥ | amwn | 50 |
| ﻋﻤﻮﻥ | mwn | 37.5 |
| ﺃﻣﻮﻥ | amwn | 12.5 |
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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 Amoune
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