Founi Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Founi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Founi (156) may also be a first name.
Founi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Founi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Founi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻮﻧﻲ) occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Founi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,228,735th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name Founi is predominantly found in Africa, where 51 percent of Founi live; 30 percent live in West Africa and 27 percent live in Chadic Africa. Founi is also the 735,679th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 156 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Niger, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 2,132,446. In Niger Founi is mostly concentrated in: Diffa Region, where 89 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 11 percent are found. Other than Niger it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 14 percent are found and Tunisia, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Founi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Founi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻮﻧﻲ | fwny | - |
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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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- 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 Founi
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