Namouda Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Namouda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namouda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Namouda (20) may also be a first name.

Namouda Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Namouda Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Namouda (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻣﻮﺩﻩ) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namouda? popularity and diffusion

The last name Namouda is the 8,193,072nd most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namouda are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Namouda is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 20 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Niger, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 9,596,008. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 50 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 50 percent reside. Barring Niger this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 20 percent reside and Cameroon, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Namouda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Namouda in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻧﺎﻣﻮﺩﻩnamwdh-

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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 Namouda
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