Wounta Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Wounta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
Wounta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wounta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wounta occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wounta? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wounta is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Wounta reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 33 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Adamawa Region, where 25 percent are found, Far North Region, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 25 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 33 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
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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 Wounta
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