Bouna Surname
Approximately 5,377 people bear this surname
Bouna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 3,475 | 1:1,178 | 157 |
| Morocco | 648 | 1:53,204 | 8,802 |
| Congo | 343 | 1:14,545 | 1,806 |
| Cameroon | 341 | 1:60,906 | 7,807 |
| Niger | 170 | 1:112,894 | 4,482 |
| Greece | 121 | 1:91,569 | 15,456 |
| Algeria | 55 | 1:702,392 | 40,437 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Senegal | 16 | 1:911,209 | 3,010 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Bouna (11,931) may also be a first name.
Bouna Demographics
Average Bouna Salary in
United States
$27,923 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bouna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouna (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻥ, Hindi: बौना) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouna? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bouna is the 89,255th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,355,318 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Bouna live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Bouna is also the 54,408th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 11,931 people.
Bouna is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is held by 3,475 people, or 1 in 1,178. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 29 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 11 percent live. Aside from Mauritania Bouna is found in 41 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 12 percent live and The Congo, where 6 percent live.
Bouna Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bouna has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bouna surname rose 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bouna Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Bouna surname is primarily Melkite Greek Catholic (75%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Bouna last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the party.
Bouna earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 35.29% less than the national average, earning $27,923 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouna in the Hindi language | ||
| बौना | bauna | 93.33 |
| बौणा | bauna | 6.67 |
| Bouna in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻥ | bwn | 72.33 |
| ﺑﻮﻧﻪ | bwnh | 17.44 |
| ﺑﻮﻧﺎ | bwna | 9.87 |
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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 Bouna
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