Mounja Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Mounja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Mounja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mounja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mounja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﻨﺠﻰ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mounja? popularity and diffusion
Mounja is the 4,649,889th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Mounja is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Mounja reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Mounja is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 272,991. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Brakna Region, where 80 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 7 percent live. Not including Mauritania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 11 percent live and Niger, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mounja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mounja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻤﻨﺠﻰ | almnjy | 80 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻨﺠﻲ | almnjy | 20 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mounja
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