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 last name Herass (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﺮﺍﺱ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Herass.
How Common Is The Last Name Herass? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Herass live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania Herass is primarily found in: Inchiri Region, where 71 percent live, Adrar Region, where 14 percent live and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 14 percent live. Excluding Mauritania Herass exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent live.
Herass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Herass has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held 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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