Nounai Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Nounai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 74 | 1:110,185 | 14,934 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Nounaï (1) are calculated separately.
Nounai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nounai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nounai is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Nounaï. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nounai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,121,169th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Nounai are found; 94 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 110,185. In Papua New Guinea Nounai is primarily found in: East Sepik, where 97 percent are found, Eastern Highlands, where 1 percent are found and Gulf, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Nounai
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