Bangoun Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Bangoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Bangoun (7) may also be a first name.
Bangoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bangoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bangoun occurs most in Cameroon. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bangoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bangoun is the 8,968,613th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Bangoun live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 25 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bangoun is also the 4,548,448th most common forename at a global level, borne by 7 people.
The surname Bangoun is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Bangoun is mostly found in: Adamawa Region, where 50 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 50 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 25 percent are found and Thailand, where 25 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 Bangoun
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