Pounga Surname
Approximately 631 people bear this surname
Pounga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 325 | 1:120,121 | 11,438 |
| Congo | 240 | 1:20,788 | 2,385 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pounga (20) may also be a first name.
Pounga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pounga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pounga occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Pounga.
How Common Is The Last Name Pounga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 516,587th most common family name globally, borne by around 1 in 11,549,201 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Pounga live; 52 percent live in East Africa and 45 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 20 people.
The last name Pounga is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 325 people, or 1 in 120,121. In Uganda Pounga is mostly concentrated in: Zombo District, where 50 percent live, Nebbi District, where 21 percent live and Kiryandongo District, where 9 percent live. Not including Uganda Pounga exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 38 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 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 Pounga
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