Chouna Surname
Approximately 608 people bear this surname
Chouna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 416 | 1:49,926 | 6,536 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Mauritania | 24 | 1:170,619 | 9,051 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Chouna (567) may also be a first name.
Chouna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chouna Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chouna (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻮﻧﻪ, Hindi: चौना) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chouna? popularity and diffusion
Chouna is the 531,574th most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,986,095 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Chouna are found; 69 percent are found in Central Africa and 68 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Chouna is also the 352,372nd most widespread first name globally It is held by 567 people.
The last name Chouna is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 416 people, or 1 in 49,926. In Cameroon Chouna is most numerous in: West Region, where 47 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 31 percent are found and Centre Region, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 22 percent are found and Mauritania, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chouna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chouna in the Hindi language | ||
| चौना | cauna | - |
| Chouna in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻮﻧﻪ | shwnh | 70 |
| ﺷﻮﻥ | shwn | 20 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻮﻧﻪ | alshwnh | 10 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chouna
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