Bounass Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Bounass Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Bounass (138) may also be a first name.
Bounass Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bounass Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bounass (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻧﺎﺱ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bounass.
How Common Is The Last Name Bounass? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. Bounass is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Bounass are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 787,636th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 138 people.
The surname Bounass is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 341,239. In Mauritania Bounass is most numerous in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 75 percent reside, Hodh Chargui Region, where 17 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 8 percent reside. Barring Mauritania Bounass is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Algeria, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bounass Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bounass in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻧﺎﺱ | bwnas | 43.75 |
| ﺑﻮﺍﻟﻨﺎﺱ | bwalnas | 34.38 |
| ﺑﻨﺎﺱ | bnas | 15.63 |
| ﺍﺑﻮﺍﻟﻨﺎﺱ | abwalnas | 3.13 |
| ﺑﻮ | bw | 3.13 |
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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 Bounass
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