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 surname Bougnou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻨﻮ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bougnou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bougnou is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Bougnou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Bougnou live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Bougnou is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 50 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 50 percent are found. Not including Mauritania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found 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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