Gnankoun Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Gnankoun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gnankoun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast1431:161,3377,391
Benin21:5,167,80184,334

Gnankoun (18) may also be a first name.

Gnankoun Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gnankoun Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gnankoun is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gnankoun? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,465,390th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name Gnankoun occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Gnankoun live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gnankoun is also the 2,608,198th most common first name globally It is held by 18 people.

Gnankoun is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 161,337. In The Ivory Coast Gnankoun is most frequent in: Vallée du Bandama District, where 29 percent reside, Lacs District, where 22 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 20 percent reside. Apart from The Ivory Coast this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gnankouen941/
Gnankon93202/
Gnankone882/
Gnonkoun881/
Gnancoun881/
Gnankong881/
N'Gnankon826/
Ngnankoin821/
Gnankotin821/
Gnankan80680/
Gnancon801/
N'Gnancon711/
Gnancotin711/
Gnankam671/
Gnamkam531/
Gnoumkam501/

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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
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  • 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 Gnankoun
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