Niokane Surname
Approximately 734 people bear this surname
Niokane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 414 | 1:9,891 | 1,020 |
| Senegal | 318 | 1:45,847 | 774 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Niokane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niokane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niokane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻴﻮﻛﺎﻥ) is most common in Mauritania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niokane? popularity and diffusion
The surname Niokane is the 460,168th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,928,537 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Niokane reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 414 people, or 1 in 9,891. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Gorgol Region, where 85 percent are found, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 7 percent are found and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 43 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Niokane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Niokane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻴﻮﻛﺎﻥ | anywkan | 78.7 |
| ﻧﻴﻮﻛﺎﻥ | nywkan | 8.33 |
| ﺃﻧﻴﻮﻛﺎﻥ | anywkan | 7.41 |
| ﺍﻧﻮﻛﺎﻥ | anwkan | 2.78 |
| ﺍﻧﻴﻜﺎﻥ | anykan | 1.85 |
| ﻧﻴﻜﺎﻥ | nykan | 0.93 |
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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 Niokane
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