Bornou Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Bornou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bornou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bornou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bornou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺭﻧﻮ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bornou.
How Common Is The Last Name Bornou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,323,005th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Bornou are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: North Region, where 78 percent reside, Adamawa Region, where 11 percent reside and Far North Region, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 29 percent reside and Niger, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bornou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bornou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺭﻧﻮ | bwrnw | 75 |
| ﺑﺮﻥ | brn | 25 |
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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 Bornou
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