Pouna Surname
Approximately 1,727 people bear this surname
Pouna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Congo | 324 | 1:15,398 | 1,888 |
| Cameroon | 317 | 1:65,518 | 8,305 |
| Papua New Guinea | 149 | 1:54,723 | 6,930 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Burkina Faso | 17 | 1:1,079,535 | 10,589 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Pouna (369) may also be a first name.
Pouna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pouna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pouna (Hindi: पौना) occurs most in Togo. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pouna? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 233,514th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,219,772 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Pouna live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pouna is also the 452,461st most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 369 people.
The surname Pouna is most common in Togo, where it is held by 840 people, or 1 in 8,628. Outside of Togo it is found in 21 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 19 percent reside and Cameroon, where 18 percent reside.
Pouna Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pouna has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pouna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pouna in the Hindi language | ||
| पौना | pauna | - |
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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 Pouna
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