Herass Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Herass Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Herass Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Herass Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Herass (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﺮﺍﺱ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Herass? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Herass is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Herass reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
It is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania it is most common in: Inchiri Region, where 71 percent reside, Adrar Region, where 14 percent reside and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 14 percent reside. Besides Mauritania it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Herass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Herass has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Herass last name decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Herass Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Herass in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﺮﺍﺱ | hras | - |
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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 Herass
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