Mauritania Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Mauritania Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
Mauritania (424) may also be a first name.
Mauritania Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mauritania Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mauritania (Arabic: موريتان) is found most in The Dominican Republic. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mauritania? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,730,171st most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Mauritania live; 82 percent live in Caribbean and 82 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean. It is also the 417,166th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 424 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The Dominican Republic, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 453,606. Aside from The Dominican Republic this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mauritania Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mauritania in the Arabic language | ||
| موريتان | mwrytan | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mauritania
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