Namoussa Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Namoussa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 106 | 1:364,449 | 32,370 |
| Mauritania | 38 | 1:107,760 | 6,553 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Namoussa (10,190) may also be a first name.
Namoussa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namoussa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Namoussa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻣﻮﺳﻪ) is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namoussa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,328,442nd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Namoussa live; 63 percent live in North Africa and 63 percent live in Mahgreb. Namoussa is also the 60,471st most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 10,190 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 364,449. In Algeria it is most frequent in: El Oued Province, where 96 percent reside and Biskra Province, where 4 percent reside. Beside Algeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 22 percent reside and Niger, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Namoussa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Namoussa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﻣﻮﺳﻪ | namwsh | 84.62 |
| ﻧﺎﻣﻮﺳﻰ | namwsy | 7.69 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻣﻮﺳﻪ | alnamwsh | 7.69 |
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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 Namoussa
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