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 last name Koegan is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Koegan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Koegan live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 5,167,801. In Benin Koegan is primarily found in: Mono Department, where 50 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 50 percent reside. Barring Benin this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 50 percent reside.
Koegan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Koegan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Koegan surname contracted 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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