Pouan Surname
Approximately 792 people bear this surname
Pouan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 746 | 1:24,601 | 1,551 |
| Ivory Coast | 46 | 1:501,549 | 15,911 |
Pouan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pouan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pouan has its highest incidence in Burkina Faso. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pouan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pouan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 434,076th most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,201,447 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Pouan reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 746 people, or 1 in 24,601. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Centre-Sud Region, where 93 percent are found, Centre Region, where 6 percent are found and Centre-Est Region, where 0 percent are found. Other than Burkina Faso it occurs in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 6 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
- 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 Pouan
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