Aroumay Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Aroumay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 32 | 1:127,964 | 7,422 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Aroumay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aroumay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aroumay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺭﻭﻣﺎﻱ) is most common in Mauritania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Aroumay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,432,070th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Aroumay live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 127,964. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Gorgol Region, where 72 percent live, Brakna Region, where 19 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aroumay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aroumay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺭﻭﻣﺎﻱ | arwmay | 50 |
| ﺁﺭﻭﻣﺎﻱ | arwmay | 30 |
| ﺍﺭﻭﻣﺎﻱ | arwmay | 20 |
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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 Aroumay
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