Mounaya Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Mounaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Mounaya (761) may also be a first name.
Mounaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mounaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mounaya is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mounaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mounaya is the 3,882,373rd most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 65 percent of Mounaya live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 297,690th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 761 people.
The surname Mounaya is most frequently used in Niger, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 1,199,501. In Niger it is most common in: Niamey Capital District, where 81 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 6 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 6 percent reside. Other than Niger Mounaya occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 35 percent reside and Mauritania, where 4 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mounaya
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