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 last name Wouna is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wouna.
How Common Is The Last Name Wouna? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,202,518th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Wouna live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used forename at a global level, borne by 35 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 123,625. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 45 percent are found, Centre Region, where 20 percent are found and South Region, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found and Niger, where 3 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 Wouna
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