Bounai Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Bounai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 199 | 1:104,367 | 12,272 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Bounai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bounai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bounai is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bounai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,168,344th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bounai reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 199 people, or 1 in 104,367. In Cameroon Bounai is mostly found in: North Region, where 89 percent reside, Far North Region, where 6 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent reside and Venezuela, where 1 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Bounai
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