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) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Founi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,228,735th most prevalent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 51 percent of Founi are found; 30 percent are found in West Africa and 27 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 735,679th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 156 people.
The surname Founi is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,132,446. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Diffa Region, where 89 percent live and Zinder Region, where 11 percent live. Aside from Niger this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 14 percent live and Tunisia, where 14 percent live.
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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