Ould
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Pronunciation spelling of old
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ould is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country, where it is the 56th most common surname.
- MRMauritania≈1 in 537(inferred from the name graph)
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 3.3K
- FRFrance≈1 in 15K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Algeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 239 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 537 (inferred from the name graph)
≈13,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Mauritania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Pronunciation spelling of old.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ould counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Robert Ouldb. 1820USChief of the Bureau of Exchange for Confederate States of America
- Edward Ouldb. 1852GBBritish architect
- Hermon Ouldb. 1886writer and playwright (1886-1951)
- William Ouldb. 1899rugby player
- Abdel Wedoud Ould-Cheikhb. 1948FRFrench political anthropologist of North Africa
- Mohamed Ould Ghazouanib. 1956MRMauritanian retired general and politician; President of Mauritania (2019–present)
- Vanessa Durièsb. 1972FRnot in their usual nameFrench writer (1972–1993)
- Moctar Salem Ould Mohamedb. 1978FRPh.D. Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Etienne 2009
- Myriam Ould-Brahamb. 1982FRballet dancer
- Mattie OuldUSAmerican society "belle"
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 132 | #22,673 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 132 | #22,519 |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ould mean, and where does it come from?
- Pronunciation spelling of old. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Ould have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Ould in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ould.
- How common is the name Ould?
- In Spain, the national register counted 132 people named Ould, about 1 in 379 thousand residents.
- How common is Ould compared with other names?
- In Algeria, Ould is the 56th most common surname of 89,473 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ould” — the 56th most common surname in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.