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
The last name Wounta is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wounta? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wounta is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Wounta is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Wounta are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 33 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Wounta is most numerous in: Adamawa Region, where 25 percent are found, Far North Region, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 25 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists 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
- 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 Wounta
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