Vounda Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Vounda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 195 | 1:106,508 | 12,495 |
| Congo | 95 | 1:52,517 | 4,804 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Vounda (123) may also be a first name.
Vounda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vounda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vounda (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻨﺪﻩ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vounda? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 912,827th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Vounda live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Chadic Africa. Vounda is also the 840,349th most frequent given name worldwide, borne by 123 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 195 people, or 1 in 106,508. In Cameroon Vounda is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 79 percent reside and North Region, where 21 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 33 percent reside and Mauritania, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vounda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vounda in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻨﺪﻩ | fndh | - |
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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 Vounda
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