Kohoun Surname
Approximately 2,633 people bear this surname
Kohoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 1,210 | 1:15,167 | 1,179 |
| Benin | 628 | 1:16,458 | 2,219 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Ivory Coast | 236 | 1:97,759 | 5,096 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kohoun (34) may also be a first name.
Kohoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kohoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kohoun occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kohoun? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 164,675th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,767,773 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kohoun live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kohoun is also the 1,775,424th most widespread given name throughout the world. It is borne by 34 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 1,210 people, or 1 in 15,167. In Burkina Faso Kohoun is most numerous in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 82 percent reside, Centre Region, where 9 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Burkina Faso Kohoun exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 24 percent reside and Togo, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Kohoun
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