El Abouni Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Abouni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Abouni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania181:227,49210,961
England11:55,718,059489,080

El Abouni Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Abouni Come From? nationality or country of origin

El Abouni (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﺒﻮﻧﻲ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Abouni? popularity and diffusion

The surname El Abouni is the 4,532,898th most frequently used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of El Abouni are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 227,492. In Mauritania El Abouni is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 67 percent reside, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 22 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

El Abouni Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Abouni in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻌﺒﻮﻧﻲalbwny60
ﺍﻟﻌﺒﻮﻧﻰalbwny40

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Footnotes

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