Voune Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Voune Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Polynesia | 25 | 1:11,232 | 2,339 |
| Mauritania | 22 | 1:186,130 | 9,575 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Voune (16) may also be a first name.
Voune Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Voune Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Voune (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻮﻧﻪ) is found most frequently in French Polynesia. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Voune click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Voune? popularity and diffusion
Voune is the 2,352,516th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Voune are found; 47 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Polynesia. Voune is also the 2,786,762nd most common forename throughout the world. It is borne by 16 people.
This surname is most frequent in French Polynesia, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 11,232. Excluding French Polynesia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 33 percent reside and Cameroon, where 27 percent reside.
Voune Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Voune has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Voune last name decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Voune Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Voune in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻮﻧﻪ | fwnh | 50 |
| ﻓﻮﻥ | fwn | 50 |
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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 Voune
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