Bounaye Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Bounaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Bounaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bounaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bounaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻧﺎﻳﻪ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bounaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bounaye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon Bounaye is most common in: North Region, where 93 percent are found and Far North Region, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 6 percent are found and Niger, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bounaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bounaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻧﺎﻳﻪ | bwnayh | - |
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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 Bounaye
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