Guarnou Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Guarnou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Guarnou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guarnou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guarnou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﻧﻮ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Guarnou.
How Common Is The Last Name Guarnou? popularity and diffusion
Guarnou is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Guarnou live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Guarnou is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania Guarnou is primarily found in: Guidimagha Region, where 91 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Algeria, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guarnou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guarnou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﻧﻮ | krnw | 66.67 |
| ﻗﺮﻧﻮ | qrnw | 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 Guarnou
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