Pounou Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Pounou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 49 | 1:423,859 | 35,946 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Pounou (24) may also be a first name.
Pounou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pounou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pounou has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pounou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,312,869th most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Pounou are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 87 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Pounou is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held given name globally, held by 24 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 423,859. In Cameroon Pounou is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 51 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 41 percent are found and West Region, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 15 percent are found and Central African Republic, 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 Pounou
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