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) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chouna? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 531,574th most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 11,986,095 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Chouna live; 69 percent live in Central Africa and 68 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Chouna is also the 352,372nd most numerous first name globally, held by 567 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 49,926. In Cameroon Chouna is most prevalent in: West Region, where 47 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 31 percent are found and Centre Region, where 19 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs 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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- 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 Chouna
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