El Ghouni Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Ghouni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Ghouni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania101:409,48616,302
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

El Ghouni Last Name Facts

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

El Ghouni (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻐﻮﻧﻲ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of El Ghouni click here.

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

This last name is the 5,812,366th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Ghouni live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

The surname El Ghouni is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Mauritania it occurs in one country. It is also found in Algeria, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

El Ghouni Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Ghouni in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻐﻮﻧﻲalghwny-

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Footnotes

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