Pounaba Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Pounaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 83 | 1:221,110 | 4,608 |
| Central African Republic | 16 | 1:282,212 | 92 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Pounaba (23) may also be a first name.
Pounaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pounaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pounaba is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pounaba? popularity and diffusion
Pounaba is the 1,849,867th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pounaba live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 23 people.
The last name Pounaba is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 221,110. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Centre-Est Region, where 99 percent reside and Est Region, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Burkina Faso it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Central African Republic, where 16 percent reside and The Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pougnaba | 93 | 11 | / |
| Ponaba | 92 | 55 | / |
| Pognaba | 86 | 71 | / |
| Punabai | 86 | 40 | / |
| Pounabo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pounaby | 86 | 0 | / |
| Punabhai | 80 | 573 | / |
| Phunabai | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ponabhai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pognaaba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ponnabai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Poonabai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Punabaad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Punabath | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pougnabe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ponoba | 77 | 52 | / |
| Panaba | 77 | 40 | / |
| Punabi | 77 | 18 | / |
| Ponabe | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ponabi | 77 | 9 | / |
| Punawa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ponahaiba | 75 | 48 | / |
| Ponahajba | 75 | 21 | / |
| Puunabhai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Punnabhai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ponnabath | 75 | 1 | / |
| Punavat | 71 | 172 | / |
| Panabai | 71 | 157 | / |
| Punavad | 71 | 133 | / |
| Pongawa | 71 | 46 | / |
| Ponawah | 71 | 17 | / |
| Peunawa | 71 | 17 | / |
| Phunawa | 71 | 13 | / |
| Pujanabhai | 71 | 10 | / |
| Punnava | 71 | 8 | / |
| Pusnava | 71 | 7 | / |
| Punawad | 71 | 7 | / |
| Poneava | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ponnava | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ponawai | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ponavad | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pounova | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pungawa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Paunawa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pamnaba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pangaba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poonawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puinabi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phonabe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Panabha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Panabat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pagnaba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Punawai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Punavai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Punajbi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Punaava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponatva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponasbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponaiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Panabad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Punaway | 71 | 0 | / |
| Panabhai | 67 | 132 | / |
| Pannabai | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ponnawad | 67 | 11 | / |
| Panaibai | 67 | 9 | / |
| Punnavad | 67 | 8 | / |
| Punnawad | 67 | 8 | / |
| Punampai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Punnobai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ponampai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poongava | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poonawat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puyanawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phunawat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poyanawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puingava | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pujanabi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pomnaibo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Panahyba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pounaba
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