Aouss Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Aouss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 106 | 1:38,631 | 3,020 |
| Algeria | 94 | 1:410,974 | 34,699 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Aouss (118) may also be a first name.
Aouss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aouss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aouss (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﺱ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aouss? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,092,155th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Aouss reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 859,937th most widely held forename internationally, borne by 118 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 38,631. In Mauritania Aouss is most prevalent in: Adrar Region, where 65 percent live, Tiris Zemmour Region, where 28 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 6 percent live. Other than Mauritania it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 42 percent live and Morocco, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aouss Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aouss in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﺱ | aws | 63.46 |
| ﺃﻭﺱ | aws | 32.69 |
| ﻭﻳﺲ | wys | 3.85 |
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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 Aouss
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