Koegan Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Koegan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Koegan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koegan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koegan is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koegan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koegan is the 8,968,613th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Koegan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Koegan live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 5,167,801. In Benin it is primarily found in: Mono Department, where 50 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 50 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 50 percent are found.
Koegan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Koegan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Koegan surname declined 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Koegan Reference & Research
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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 Koegan
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