Moulane Surname
Approximately 764 people bear this surname
Moulane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 397 | 1:10,315 | 1,066 |
| Burkina Faso | 341 | 1:53,818 | 2,325 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
The alternate forms: Moulané (2) are calculated separately.
Moulane (24) may also be a first name.
Moulane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moulane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moulane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﻻﻥ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Moulané. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moulane? popularity and diffusion
The last name Moulane is the 446,308th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,538,673 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Moulane live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Moulane is also the 2,187,323rd most prevalent forename on earth, borne by 24 people.
The last name Moulane is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 397 people, or 1 in 10,315. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 22 percent live, Brakna Region, where 18 percent live and Assaba Region, where 14 percent live. Barring Mauritania this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 45 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moulane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moulane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﻻﻥ | mwlan | 58.59 |
| ﻣﻼﻥ | mlan | 21.88 |
| ﻣﻮﻻﻧﺎ | mwlana | 12.5 |
| ﻣﻮﻻﻧﻪ | mwlanh | 4.69 |
| ﻣﻼﻧﻪ | mlanh | 1.56 |
| ﻣﻼﻧﺎ | mlana | 0.78 |
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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 Moulane
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