Kakouan Surname
Approximately 366 people bear this surname
Kakouan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 318 | 1:72,551 | 4,039 |
| Burkina Faso | 47 | 1:390,470 | 6,130 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kakouan (255) may also be a first name.
Kakouan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakouan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kakouan is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakouan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kakouan is the 775,315th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,911,328 people. Kakouan is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Kakouan live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 557,860th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 255 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 318 people, or 1 in 72,551. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Montagnes District, where 64 percent reside, Bas-Sassandra District, where 12 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 9 percent reside. Barring The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 13 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kakouhan | 93 | 2 | / |
| Kakoan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kakouon | 86 | 9 | / |
| Kakoand | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kakohan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kakoang | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kacouan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kakahoun | 80 | 167 | / |
| Koukouan | 80 | 49 | / |
| Khakoane | 80 | 9 | / |
| Kakouhon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kakaon | 77 | 2 | / |
| Keikouang | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kakuhon | 71 | 61 | / |
| Keikoan | 71 | 20 | / |
| Koukouagne | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kakayon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khaukhuean | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kakoyon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kakayian | 67 | 96 | / |
| Kakeihon | 67 | 59 | / |
| Khokoane | 67 | 28 | / |
| Kakaiyan | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kakejian | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kakajyan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Catcouan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kotkuhan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kokouong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kakayean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kakajian | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kakahoum | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kakouan
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