Koan Surname
Approximately 908 people bear this surname
Koan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 246 | 1:537,598 | 43,441 |
| United States | 190 | 1:1,907,679 | 123,720 |
| Papua New Guinea | 164 | 1:49,718 | 6,230 |
| Ivory Coast | 103 | 1:223,993 | 9,237 |
| French Polynesia | 92 | 1:3,052 | 652 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
Koan (2,056) may also be a first name.
Koan Demographics
Koan Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Koan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koan (Marathi: कोअन, Russian: Коан) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Koan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 390,071st most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,025,932 people. The surname Koan is mostly found in Oceania, where 33 percent of Koan live; 33 percent live in Oceania Islands and 24 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 166,310th most common first name globally. It is borne by 2,056 people.
It is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 246 people, or 1 in 537,598. In Indonesia Koan is mostly found in: Riau, where 27 percent live, Papua, where 17 percent live and North Sumatra, where 16 percent live. Beside Indonesia this last name is found in 39 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent live.
Koan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Koan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Koan last name rose 704 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Koan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Koan last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Koan are 27.42% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 74.19% registered with the political party.
Koan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.99% more than the national average, earning $49,185 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koan in the Marathi language | ||
| कोअन | ko'ana | - |
| Koan in the Russian language | ||
| Коан | koan | - |
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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 Koan
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