Bounougou Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Bounougou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bounougou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1641:126,64114,369
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Bounougou (11) may also be a first name.

Bounougou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bounougou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bounougou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bounougou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,343,156th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bounougou live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bounougou is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 11 people.

This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 126,641. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 80 percent live, Littoral Region, where 15 percent live and Far North Region, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 1 percent live and Niger, where 1 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 Bounougou
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