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) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Herass? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It 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 held by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania Herass is mostly concentrated in: Inchiri Region, where 71 percent live, Adrar Region, where 14 percent live and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 14 percent live. Besides Mauritania Herass is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent live.
Herass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Herass has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Herass surname 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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