Bounena Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Bounena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Bounena (272) may also be a first name.
Bounena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bounena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bounena (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻧﻦ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bounena? popularity and diffusion
Bounena is the 5,587,209th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Bounena occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Bounena reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Bounena is also the 538,995th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 272 people.
The surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Trarza Region, where 36 percent reside, Hodh Chargui Region, where 18 percent reside and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 18 percent reside. Other than Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bounena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bounena in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻧﻦ | bwnn | 68.89 |
| ﺑﻮﻧﻨﻪ | bwnnh | 20 |
| ﺑﻨﻦ | bnn | 6.67 |
| ﺑﻨﻨﻪ | bnnh | 2.22 |
| ﺑﻮﻧﻨﺎ | bwnna | 2.22 |
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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 Bounena
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