Chenouf Surname
Approximately 6,335 people bear this surname
Chenouf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 5,752 | 1:6,716 | 1,109 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Mauritania | 128 | 1:31,991 | 2,614 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Chenouf (11) may also be a first name.
Chenouf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chenouf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chenouf (Arabic: شنوف, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻨﻮﻑ) occurs most in Algeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chenouf.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenouf? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 77,230th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,150,362 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chenouf reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Mahgreb. Chenouf is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 11 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is held by 5,752 people, or 1 in 6,716. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Algiers Province, where 21 percent live, Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, where 11 percent live and Sétif Province, where 11 percent live. Outside of Algeria this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 6 percent live and Mauritania, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chenouf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chenouf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻨﻮﻑ | shnwf | 97.14 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻨﻮﻑ | alshnwf | 2.86 |
| Chenouf in the Arabic language | ||
| شنوف | shnwf | - |
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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 Chenouf
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