Wouna Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Wouna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 168 | 1:123,625 | 14,082 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Wouna (35) may also be a first name.
Wouna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wouna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wouna is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wouna? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,202,518th most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. Wouna is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Wouna live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wouna is also the 1,744,716th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 35 people.
The last name Wouna is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 123,625. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 45 percent reside, Centre Region, where 20 percent reside and South Region, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Wouna
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