Kanoum Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Kanoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanoum (35) may also be a first name.
Kanoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanoum is most common in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanoum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Kanoum reside; 53 percent reside in Central Africa and 53 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 35 people.
The last name Kanoum is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon Kanoum is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 89 percent are found and North Region, where 11 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 20 percent are found and India, where 7 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 Kanoum
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