Alaona Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Alaona Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alaona Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Alaona (56) may also be a first name.

Alaona Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Alaona Come From? nationality or country of origin

Alaona occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Alaona? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Alaona are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 56 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 17 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
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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 Alaona
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