Bounou Surname
Approximately 7,009 people bear this surname
Bounou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 3,806 | 1:5,043 | 455 |
| Morocco | 2,249 | 1:15,330 | 2,288 |
| Cameroon | 595 | 1:34,906 | 4,703 |
| France | 84 | 1:790,747 | 95,785 |
| Belgium | 56 | 1:205,297 | 26,724 |
| Greece | 52 | 1:213,073 | 33,423 |
| Spain | 48 | 1:974,001 | 36,812 |
| Benin | 45 | 1:229,680 | 20,839 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| Algeria | 12 | 1:3,219,296 | 45,820 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
Bounou (2,930) may also be a first name.
Bounou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bounou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bounou is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bounou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bounou is the 70,517th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,039,741 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Bounou reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 134,057th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 2,930 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 3,806 people, or 1 in 5,043. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 79 percent live, Diffa Region, where 11 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Niger Bounou is found in 22 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 32 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
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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 Bounou
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