Bougnou Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Bougnou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Bougnou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bougnou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bougnou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻨﻮ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bougnou? popularity and diffusion
Bougnou is the 7,593,402nd most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Bougnou occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Bougnou reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Bougnou is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 50 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 50 percent are found. Besides Mauritania Bougnou exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 17 percent are found and Cameroon, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bougnou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bougnou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻨﻮ | bwknw | - |
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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 Bougnou
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