Wounou Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Wounou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Wounou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wounou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wounou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wounou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wounou is the 6,360,413th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wounou live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon Wounou is most common in: North Region, where 38 percent are found, West Region, where 25 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 11 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 Wounou
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