Bornu Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Bornu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 295 | 1:600,484 | 28,761 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Bornu (123) may also be a first name.
Bornu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bornu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bornu occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bornu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 855,216th most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bornu are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 840,349th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 123 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 295 people, or 1 in 600,484. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 87 percent reside, Yobe, where 4 percent reside and Lagos, where 2 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Bornu
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