Arouna Surname
Approximately 24,476 people bear this surname
Arouna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 16,112 | 1:641 | 59 |
| Togo | 5,670 | 1:1,278 | 117 |
| Ivory Coast | 937 | 1:24,622 | 1,758 |
| Cameroon | 691 | 1:30,057 | 4,062 |
| Niger | 515 | 1:37,266 | 2,038 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Burkina Faso | 34 | 1:539,768 | 7,230 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Senegal | 9 | 1:1,619,927 | 4,107 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Arouna (95,354) may also be a first name.
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Arouna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arouna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Arouna (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺭﻭﻥ, Hindi: अरूणा) is found most frequently in Benin. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arouna? popularity and diffusion
It is the 22,210th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 297,743 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Arouna are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 10,630th most commonly occurring given name at a global level It is held by 95,354 people.
This last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 16,112 people, or 1 in 641. In Benin Arouna is most numerous in: Donga Department, where 30 percent live, Alibori Department, where 29 percent live and Borgou Department, where 22 percent live. Aside from Benin this surname exists in 29 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 23 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.
Arouna Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Arouna last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.
Arouna earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.96% less than the national average, earning $37,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arouna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arouna in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺭﻭﻥ | arwn | - |
| Arouna in the Hindi language | ||
| अरूणा | aruna | - |
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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 Arouna
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