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
Herass (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﺮﺍﺱ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Herass? popularity and diffusion
The last name Herass is the 6,723,624th most widespread surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Herass live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Herass is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania Herass is mostly found in: Inchiri Region, where 71 percent reside, Adrar Region, where 14 percent reside and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 14 percent reside. Barring Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Herass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Herass has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Herass surname declined 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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