Mounira Surname
Approximately 1,965 people bear this surname
Mounira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,745 | 1:11,902 | 1,603 |
| Mauritania | 148 | 1:27,668 | 2,326 |
| Tunisia | 19 | 1:32,138 | 4,775 |
| Algeria | 12 | 1:3,219,296 | 45,820 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Mounira (78,493) may also be a first name.
Mounira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mounira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mounira (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﻴﺮﻩ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mounira? popularity and diffusion
Mounira is the 210,129th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 3,708,675 people. The surname Mounira is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mounira live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 12,577th most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 78,493 people.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,745 people, or 1 in 11,902. In Cameroon Mounira is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 46 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 26 percent are found and North Region, where 17 percent are found. Not including Cameroon it is found in 24 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 8 percent are found and Tunisia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mounira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mounira in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﻴﺮﻩ | mnyrh | 40 |
| ﻣﻨﻴﺮﺓ | mnyrt | 34.29 |
| ﻣﻨﻴﺮ | mnyr | 14.29 |
| ﻣﻮﻧﻴﺮﺍ | mwnyra | 5.71 |
| ﻣﻨﻴﺮﺍ | mnyra | 2.86 |
| ﻣﻮﻧﻴﺮﻩ | mwnyrh | 2.86 |
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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 Mounira
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