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 is more frequently found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Koana.
How Common Is The Last Name Koana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koana is the 2,293,424th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. Koana is predominantly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Koana are found; 48 percent are found in West Africa and 41 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 264,210th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 936 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Niger, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 685,429. In Niger Koana is primarily concentrated in: Dosso Region, where 68 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 25 percent live and Diffa Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Niger Koana exists in 13 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Koana
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