Mahjoube Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Mahjoube Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 32 | 1:127,964 | 7,422 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mahjoube (2,665) may also be a first name.
Mahjoube Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahjoube Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahjoube (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺤﺠﻮﺑﻪ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahjoube? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,843,861st most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Mahjoube occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Mahjoube reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 142,038th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 2,665 people.
The last name is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 127,964. In Mauritania Mahjoube is mostly concentrated in: Adrar Region, where 31 percent are found, Assaba Region, where 31 percent are found and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 26 percent are found and Algeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahjoube Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahjoube in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺤﺠﻮﺑﻪ | mhjwbh | 56.14 |
| ﻣﺤﺠﻮﺑﺔ | mhjwbt | 34.74 |
| ﻣﺤﺠﻮﺏ | mhjwb | 6.67 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺤﺠﻮﺏ | almhjwb | 2.11 |
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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 Mahjoube
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