Bonkana Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Bonkana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 78 | 1:246,052 | 7,845 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
Bonkana (41) may also be a first name.
Bonkana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonkana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bonkana is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Bonkana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonkana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bonkana is the 2,061,309th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bonkana live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 41 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 246,052. In Niger Bonkana is most numerous in: Tillabéri Region, where 68 percent are found, Niamey Capital District, where 27 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 4 percent are found. Barring Niger this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 4 percent are found and Benin, where 2 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 Bonkana
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