Koana Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Koana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 28 | 1:685,429 | 16,503 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Koana (936) may also be a first name.
Koana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koana is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Koana.
How Common Is The Last Name Koana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,293,424th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 52 percent of Koana reside; 48 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 264,210th most common forename at a global level, borne by 936 people.
It is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 685,429. In Niger Koana is most numerous in: Dosso Region, where 68 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 25 percent live and Diffa Region, where 4 percent live. Apart from Niger this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
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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 Koana
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