Bougnan Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Bougnan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Bougnan (233) may also be a first name.
Bougnan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bougnan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bougnan occurs most in Burkina Faso. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bougnan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Bougnan occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Bougnan reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 587,225th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 233 people.
This last name is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,529,342. In Burkina Faso it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 67 percent reside, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 8 percent reside and Centre-Ouest Region, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Burkina Faso this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 38 percent reside and Senegal, where 5 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
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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 Bougnan
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