Bounam Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Bounam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Bounam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bounam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bounam occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bounam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,228,735th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Bounam live; 81 percent live in Central Africa and 76 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Bounam is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 669,970. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 84 percent reside, East Region, where 10 percent reside and North Region, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon Bounam occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 5 percent reside and Indonesia, where 5 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 Bounam
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