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
Koana occurs most in Niger. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koana? popularity and diffusion
Koana is the 2,293,424th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 52 percent of Koana live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Chadic Africa. Koana is also the 264,210th most widely held first name globally, borne by 936 people.
Koana is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 685,429. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Dosso Region, where 68 percent are found, Tillabéri Region, where 25 percent are found and Diffa Region, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Niger this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent are found and India, where 10 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 Koana
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