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
Koegan has its highest incidence in Benin. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Koegan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koegan is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Koegan reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 5,167,801. In Benin it is most frequent in: Mono Department, where 50 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 50 percent are found. Aside from Benin this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 50 percent are found.
Koegan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Koegan has changed through the years. 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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis