Kegnon Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Kegnon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 218 | 1:47,411 | 6,011 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Kegnon (511) may also be a first name.
Kegnon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kegnon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kegnon is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kegnon? popularity and diffusion
Kegnon is the 1,095,216th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kegnon live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kegnon is also the 374,142nd most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 511 people.
The surname Kegnon is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 218 people, or 1 in 47,411. In Benin it is primarily found in: Kouffo Department, where 88 percent live, Borgou Department, where 4 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 3 percent live. Besides Benin this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keagnon | 92 | 12 | / |
| Kagnon | 83 | 509 | / |
| Kognon | 83 | 232 | / |
| Kegnan | 83 | 144 | / |
| Kignon | 83 | 33 | / |
| Keignan | 77 | 50 | / |
| Kiegnan | 77 | 28 | / |
| Chegnon | 77 | 6 | / |
| Kuignon | 77 | 2 | / |
| Koignon | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kignong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaegnan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cheignon | 71 | 167 | / |
| Khingnon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chegnoun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kahagnon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cagnon | 67 | 1,315 | / |
| Cognon | 67 | 728 | / |
| Kognan | 67 | 481 | / |
| Cheghnoun | 67 | 192 | / |
| Kagnan | 67 | 79 | / |
| Kegnam | 67 | 19 | / |
| Kygnan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kignan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cheghnoon | 67 | 1 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kegnon
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis