Ounye Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Ounye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
Ounye (40) may also be a first name.
Ounye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ounye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ounye is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ounye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,485,539th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Ounye is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ounye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 40 people.
The surname is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 1,214,275. In The Ivory Coast Ounye is most prevalent in: Montagnes District, where 95 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 5 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent live and Niger, where 16 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 Ounye
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