Henoun Surname
Approximately 491 people bear this surname
Henoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 482 | 1:8,496 | 913 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Henoun (62) may also be a first name.
Henoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Henoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Henoun (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻨﻮﻥ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Henoun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 624,505th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,842,252 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Henoun reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most numerous first name globally, borne by 62 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 482 people, or 1 in 8,496. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 23 percent live, Assaba Region, where 15 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 12 percent live. Excluding Mauritania Henoun occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 1 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Henoun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Henoun in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻨﻮﻥ | hnwn | 99.43 |
| ﺍﻟﻬﻨﻮﻥ | alhnwn | 0.57 |
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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 Henoun
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