Emoun Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Emoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 33 | 1:124,087 | 7,273 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Emoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Emoun (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻮﻥ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Emoun? popularity and diffusion
The last name Emoun is the 3,274,477th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname Emoun is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Emoun reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 124,087. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 52 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 42 percent live and Assaba Region, where 3 percent live. Beside Mauritania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emoun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emoun in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻮﻥ | amwn | 66.67 |
| ﺃﻣﻮﻥ | amwn | 33.33 |
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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 Emoun
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