Mounkaïla Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Mounkaïla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 92 | 1:208,609 | 6,974 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
The alternate forms: Mounkaila (65,655) & Mounkaîla (7) are calculated separately.
Mounkaïla (38) may also be a first name.
Mounkaïla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mounkaïla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mounkaïla is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Mounkaila or Mounkaîla. For other possible spellings of Mounkaïla click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mounkaïla? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mounkaïla is the 1,765,740th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mounkaïla reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 38 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Niger, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 208,609. In Niger it is most numerous in: Tillabéri Region, where 76 percent live, Dosso Region, where 10 percent live and Zinder Region, where 7 percent live. Excluding Niger this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 13 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mounkaïla
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