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 surname Emoun (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻮﻥ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Emoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname Emoun is the 3,274,477th most widespread surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Emoun live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 124,087. In Mauritania Emoun is mostly found in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 52 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 42 percent live and Assaba Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Mauritania this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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