Wounon Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Wounon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Wounon (16) may also be a first name.
Wounon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wounon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wounon is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wounon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wounon is the 5,057,639th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wounon are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wounon is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held forename globally, held by 16 people.
The surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 738,257. In Benin it is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 93 percent reside and Collines Department, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Benin it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 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
- 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 Wounon
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