Mounah Surname
Approximately 295 people bear this surname
Mounah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 176 | 1:23,266 | 2,046 |
| Algeria | 99 | 1:390,218 | 33,795 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Mounah (87) may also be a first name.
Mounah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mounah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mounah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺎﻩ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mounah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mounah is the 904,049th most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 24,703,545 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Mounah live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Mounah is also the 1,024,927th most numerous first name globally It is held by 87 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 23,266. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 30 percent reside, Adrar Region, where 15 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 12 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 34 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mounah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mounah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﺎﻩ | mnah | 81.63 |
| ﺍﻣﻨﺎﻩ | amnah | 7.14 |
| ﻣﻮﻧﺎﻩ | mwnah | 3.06 |
| ﺃﻣﻨﺎﻩ | amnah | 3.06 |
| ﻣﻨﺎﺡ | mnah | 3.06 |
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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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- 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 Mounah
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