Behounde Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Behounde Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Behounde Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1081:192,30619,984
Central African Republic41:1,128,848387
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

Behounde Last Name Facts

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

Behounde is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Behounde? popularity and diffusion

Behounde is the 1,718,748th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Behounde are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 192,306. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: South Region, where 83 percent live, Centre Region, where 16 percent live and Littoral Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Behounde exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Central African Republic, where 4 percent live and Chad, where 1 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 Behounde
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