Abounai Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Abounai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 48 | 1:215,325 | 19,968 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
The alternate forms: Abounaï (53) & Abounaî (1) are calculated separately.
Abounai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abounai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abounai has its highest incidence in Benin. It may also appear in the variant forms: Abounaï or Abounaî. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abounai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abounai is the 2,661,929th most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Abounai are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 215,325. In Benin it is most common in: Donga Department, where 100 percent live. Barring Benin Abounai is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 2 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Abounai
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