Kognou Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Kognou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kognou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kognou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kognou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kognou? popularity and diffusion
Kognou is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. Kognou occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kognou live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 88 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 989,003. In Cameroon Kognou is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 4 percent are found and Benin, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kougnou | 92 | 58 | / |
| Kongnou | 92 | 12 | / |
| Koignou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kognoue | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kogno | 91 | 43 | / |
| Kognu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kougnoue | 86 | 13 | / |
| Khongnou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kougnous | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kognouet | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kongnu | 83 | 195 | / |
| Kongno | 83 | 22 | / |
| Kagnou | 83 | 4 | / |
| Kougno | 83 | 4 | / |
| Kognoy | 83 | 4 | / |
| Kognot | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kogngo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Koogno | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kugnou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kognohoue | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kongnoi | 77 | 1,098 | / |
| Khongnu | 77 | 763 | / |
| Kongnoo | 77 | 220 | / |
| Kongnui | 77 | 44 | / |
| Kongnoy | 77 | 40 | / |
| Cognoux | 77 | 13 | / |
| Kongnuy | 77 | 10 | / |
| Kongnhu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Kongnuh | 77 | 3 | / |
| Khongno | 77 | 3 | / |
| Konghnu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kongnoh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Khognoo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kongnuj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kagnoue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kognoya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kong'no | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kongneu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cogno | 73 | 1,691 | / |
| Kagno | 73 | 60 | / |
| Kogna | 73 | 35 | / |
| Kugno | 73 | 29 | / |
| Khongnoi | 71 | 810 | / |
| Coignoux | 71 | 268 | / |
| Khongnui | 71 | 176 | / |
| Cougnoux | 71 | 61 | / |
| Khongnoo | 71 | 44 | / |
| Kongnhoo | 71 | 9 | / |
| Konghnoo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Khongnoy | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kongnuuy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khonghno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kangnouh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cognot | 67 | 104 | / |
| Kongna | 67 | 67 | / |
| Cognos | 67 | 29 | / |
| Kougna | 67 | 19 | / |
| Kagnus | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kangno | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kognay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cognuh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cagnou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khonghnoo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cognau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Congno | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koigna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kagnoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keugno | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kognah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cuogno | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kognou
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