Benounga Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Benounga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 120 | 1:173,076 | 18,427 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Benounga (310) may also be a first name.
Benounga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benounga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benounga is found most in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benounga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Benounga is the 1,604,449th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Benounga live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Benounga is also the 499,178th most commonly held given name worldwide, borne by 310 people.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 173,076. In Cameroon it is most common in: North Region, where 88 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 8 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Beside Cameroon Benounga exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 3 percent live and Central African Republic, 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 Benounga
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