Ghoullah Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Ghoullah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ghoullah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghoullah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghoullah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻼﻩ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ghoullah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghoullah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ghoullah live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Ghoullah is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania Ghoullah is primarily found in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Mauritania Ghoullah exists in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghoullah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghoullah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻼﻩ | qlah | - |
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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 Ghoullah
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