Namousa Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Namousa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Namousa (4) may also be a first name.
Namousa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namousa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namousa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻣﻮﺳﻪ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namousa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Namousa is the 10,311,814th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Namousa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namousa are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Namousa is also the 6,192,526th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 4 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is most common in: East Region, where 100 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 33 percent reside and Niger, where 33 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Namousa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Namousa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﻣﻮﺳﻪ | namwsh | - |
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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 Namousa
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