Founa Surname
Approximately 298 people bear this surname
Founa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 113 | 1:44,151 | 4,164 |
| Niger | 61 | 1:314,623 | 9,328 |
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Burkina Faso | 44 | 1:417,093 | 6,319 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Founa (603) may also be a first name.
Founa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Founa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Founa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻮﻧﻪ) occurs in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Founa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Founa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 897,852nd most prevalent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 24,454,852 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Founa live; 51 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 340,376th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 603 people.
The last name is most widely held in The Congo, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 44,151. In The Congo it is most common in: Brazzaville Department, where 86 percent live, Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 8 percent live and Pointe-Noire Department, where 4 percent live. Apart from The Congo Founa occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 20 percent live and Cameroon, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Founa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Founa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻮﻧﻪ | fwnh | 66.67 |
| ﻓﻮﻥ | fwn | 33.33 |
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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 Founa
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