Bounia Surname
Approximately 3,995 people bear this surname
Bounia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 2,836 | 1:6,767 | 557 |
| Algeria | 605 | 1:63,854 | 10,551 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| France | 102 | 1:651,203 | 84,246 |
| Greece | 83 | 1:133,491 | 22,215 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Bounia (3,580) may also be a first name.
Bounia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bounia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bounia is more frequently found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bounia? popularity and diffusion
Bounia is the 115,555th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,824,167 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Bounia are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Bounia is also the 118,316th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 3,580 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 2,836 people, or 1 in 6,767. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 93 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 5 percent reside and Agadez Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Niger this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 15 percent reside and Morocco, where 9 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 Bounia
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