Guene Surname
Approximately 16,049 people bear this surname
Guene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 10,219 | 1:1,796 | 255 |
| Senegal | 3,176 | 1:4,590 | 253 |
| Benin | 1,717 | 1:6,020 | 807 |
| France | 397 | 1:167,312 | 26,048 |
| Ivory Coast | 255 | 1:90,475 | 4,778 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
The alternate forms: Guené (14) are calculated separately.
Guene (2,513) may also be a first name.
Guene Demographics
Guene Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Guene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Guene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻪ) occurs most in Burkina Faso. It may be rendered as a variant: Guené. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guene? popularity and diffusion
Guene is the 33,097th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 454,081 people. The surname Guene occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Guene are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 39 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 147,188th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 2,513 people.
The surname is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 10,219 people, or 1 in 1,796. In Burkina Faso Guene is mostly found in: Centre-Est Region, where 59 percent are found, Centre-Sud Region, where 34 percent are found and Centre Region, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Burkina Faso this last name exists in 30 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 20 percent are found and Benin, where 11 percent are found.
Guene Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Guene has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Guene surname increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 81 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Guene Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﻪ | knh | 41.67 |
| ﻛﻨﻲ | kny | 25 |
| ﻛﻦ | kn | 16.67 |
| ﻛﻨﻰ | kny | 8.33 |
| ﺍﻛﻦ | akn | 8.33 |
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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 Guene
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