Koans Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Koans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Koans Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koans Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koans is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koans? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koans is the 5,057,639th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Koans are found; 100 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 100 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Madang, where 53 percent live and Morobe, where 47 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kohans | 91 | 34 | / |
| Kojians | 83 | 29 | / |
| Kaons | 80 | 1 | / |
| Koanz | 80 | 0 | / |
| Coans | 80 | 0 | / |
| Koğanç | 73 | 2 | / |
| Koanze | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaonse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cohans | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cgoans | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaonst | 73 | 0 | / |
| Koance | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kouanze | 67 | 11 | / |
| Koandje | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kohance | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kahonse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kouandje | 62 | 7 | / |
| Kohounse | 62 | 1 | / |
| Caons | 60 | 0 | / |
| Kaonze | 55 | 55 | / |
| Kaonje | 55 | 12 | / |
| Cauans | 55 | 1 | / |
| Cahons | 55 | 1 | / |
| Kahoms | 55 | 1 | / |
| Keeens | 55 | 1 | / |
| Qhoance | 50 | 4 | / |
| Coaunch | 50 | 2 | / |
| Cauhans | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kaondje | 50 | 1 | / |
| Cohoons | 50 | 1 | / |
| Cahoons | 50 | 0 | / |
| Cohanch | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Koans
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