Voulan Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Voulan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 41 | 1:99,875 | 6,187 |
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
Voulan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Voulan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Voulan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻼﻥ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Voulan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,121,169th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Voulan reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 99,875. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Inchiri Region, where 44 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 34 percent live and Assaba Region, where 15 percent live. Aside from Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in France, where 48 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Voulan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Voulan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻼﻥ | flan | 93.33 |
| ﺍﻓﻼﻥ | aflan | 6.67 |
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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 Voulan
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