Khounane Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Khounane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Khounane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khounane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Khounane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻮﻧﺎﻥ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Khounane? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. Khounane is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Khounane live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Algeria, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khounane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khounane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻮﻧﺎﻥ | khwnan | 66.67 |
| ﺧﻨﺎﻥ | khnan | 33.33 |
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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 Khounane
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