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 found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Vounda.
How Common Is The Last Name Vounda? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vounda is the 912,827th most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 25,043,113 people. Vounda occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Vounda reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 840,349th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 123 people.
This surname is most commonly 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 live and North Region, where 21 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 33 percent live and Mauritania, where 0 percent live.
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
- 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 Vounda
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