Bakounou Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Bakounou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
Bakounou (42) may also be a first name.
Bakounou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakounou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bakounou occurs most in Cameroon. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakounou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakounou live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Chadic Africa. Bakounou is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held forename internationally, held by 42 people.
The last name Bakounou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 50 percent are found, East Region, where 25 percent are found and North Region, where 25 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 33 percent are found and Benin, where 22 percent are found.
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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 Bakounou
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