Wounan Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Wounan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 1:1,357,131 | 29,476 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wounan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wounan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wounan occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wounan.
How Common Is The Last Name Wounan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,427,875th most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Wounan occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Wounan are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Mande Africa.
The surname Wounan is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 1,357,131. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 65 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 29 percent live and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 6 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
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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 Wounan
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