Kognan Surname

634,180th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 481 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Kognan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kognan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast4781:48,2663,000
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Kognan (362) may also be a first name.

Kognan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kognan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kognan is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kognan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 634,180th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 15,150,823 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Kognan reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 457,558th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 362 people.

This surname is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 478 people, or 1 in 48,266. In The Ivory Coast Kognan is most frequent in: Lagunes District, where 64 percent are found, Comoé District, where 17 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Togo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kongnan9223/
Kougnan929/
Koignan921/
Khongnan8680/
Kongnaun867/
Koungnan861/
Kognon83232/
Kegnan83144/
Kagnan8379/
Cognan831/
Kognam831/
Kougnon771,072/
Kongnon77341/
Kangnan7716/
Kuignan777/
Kagnane777/
Kougnam773/
Kugnang772/
Koognon772/
Koignon772/
Kaugnan771/
Kagnang771/
Kaegnan771/
Kognone771/
Coignan771/
Cognant771/
Kognham771/
Khongnon7187/
Kangnaan7161/
Cognahan7159/
Kongnoon7127/
Kongnoun716/
Koungnon711/
Coughnan711/
Kongnuon711/
Konghnon711/
Congnaun711/
Coignant711/
Cougnand711/
Cognon67728/
Kagnon67509/
Cagnan67461/
Kegnon67224/
Khongnoon6729/
Kahagnaan672/
Cogñan671/
Cugnan671/
Kognongue671/
Cougnahan670/

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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 Kognan
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