Ounisse Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Ounisse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Ounisse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ounisse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ounisse (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﻧﻴﺲ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ounisse? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ounisse live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania Ounisse is mostly concentrated in: Trarza Region, where 91 percent reside and Hodh Chargui Region, where 9 percent reside. Barring Mauritania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 30 percent reside and Niger, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ounisse Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ounisse in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﻧﻴﺲ | awnys | 40 |
| ﺃﻭﻧﻴﺲ | awnys | 20 |
| ﺃﻭﻧﺲ | awns | 20 |
| ﺃﻧﻴﺲ | anys | 20 |
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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 Ounisse
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