Kegnan Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

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

Kegnan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kegnan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast1371:168,4037,617
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kegnan (68) may also be a first name.

Kegnan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kegnan occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kegnan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kegnan is the 1,471,719th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. Kegnan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Kegnan live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kegnan is also the 1,181,159th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 68 people.

The last name Kegnan is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 168,403. In The Ivory Coast Kegnan is primarily concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 43 percent live, Comoé District, where 39 percent live and Montagnes District, where 15 percent live. Beside The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mali, where 3 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keignan9250/
Kiegnan9228/
Kaegnan921/
Kognan83481/
Kegnon83224/
Kagnan8379/
Kegnam8319/
Kygnan832/
Kignan832/
Keagnon7712/
Kuignan777/
Kignane771/
Koignan771/
Kagnon67509/
Cagnan67461/
Kognon67232/
Kignon6733/
Kigimnang678/
Kahagnaan672/
Kaheygnam671/
Cognan671/

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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 Kegnan
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