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
Bounai is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bounai? popularity and diffusion
Bounai is the 1,168,344th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bounai live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
Bounai is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 104,367. In Cameroon Bounai is most prevalent in: North Region, where 89 percent are found, Far North Region, where 6 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent are found and Venezuela, where 1 percent are found.
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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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