Kognan Surname
Approximately 481 people bear this surname
Kognan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 478 | 1:48,266 | 3,000 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
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
Kognan is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kognan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 634,180th most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 15,150,823 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Kognan live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 457,558th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 362 people.
The last name Kognan is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 478 people, or 1 in 48,266. In The Ivory Coast Kognan is mostly found in: Lagunes District, where 64 percent live, Comoé District, where 17 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 10 percent live. Apart from The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent live and Togo, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kongnan | 92 | 23 | / |
| Kougnan | 92 | 9 | / |
| Koignan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Khongnan | 86 | 80 | / |
| Kongnaun | 86 | 7 | / |
| Koungnan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kognon | 83 | 232 | / |
| Kegnan | 83 | 144 | / |
| Kagnan | 83 | 79 | / |
| Cognan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kognam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kougnon | 77 | 1,072 | / |
| Kongnon | 77 | 341 | / |
| Kangnan | 77 | 16 | / |
| Kuignan | 77 | 7 | / |
| Kagnane | 77 | 7 | / |
| Kougnam | 77 | 3 | / |
| Kugnang | 77 | 2 | / |
| Koognon | 77 | 2 | / |
| Koignon | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kaugnan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kagnang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaegnan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kognone | 77 | 1 | / |
| Coignan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cognant | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kognham | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khongnon | 71 | 87 | / |
| Kangnaan | 71 | 61 | / |
| Cognahan | 71 | 59 | / |
| Kongnoon | 71 | 27 | / |
| Kongnoun | 71 | 6 | / |
| Koungnon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Coughnan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kongnuon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Konghnon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Congnaun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Coignant | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cougnand | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cognon | 67 | 728 | / |
| Kagnon | 67 | 509 | / |
| Cagnan | 67 | 461 | / |
| Kegnon | 67 | 224 | / |
| Khongnoon | 67 | 29 | / |
| Kahagnaan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cogñan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cugnan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kognongue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cougnahan | 67 | 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 Kognan
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