Bounana Surname
Approximately 423 people bear this surname
Bounana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Bounana (67) may also be a first name.
Bounana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bounana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bounana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻧﻦ) is held by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bounana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 697,244th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 17,228,241 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bounana live; 97 percent live in North Africa and 97 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,191,548th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 67 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is held by 409 people, or 1 in 84,294. Without taking into account Morocco Bounana exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent are found and Mauritania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bounana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bounana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻧﻦ | bwnn | 72.73 |
| ﺑﻮﻧﺎﻥ | bwnan | 18.18 |
| ﺑﻮﻧﻨﻪ | bwnnh | 9.09 |
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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 Bounana
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