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
Bougnou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻨﻮ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bougnou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Bougnou live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 50 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 50 percent live. Barring Mauritania Bougnou is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 17 percent live and Cameroon, where 17 percent live.
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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