Nouijem Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Nouijem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
Nouijem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nouijem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nouijem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻮﻳﺠﻢ) is found most in Mauritania. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nouijem? popularity and diffusion
Nouijem is the 6,360,413th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nouijem live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 86 percent reside and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Algeria, where 22 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nouijem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nouijem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻮﻳﺠﻢ | anwyjm | - |
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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 Nouijem
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