Kon Surname
Approximately 69,052 people bear this surname
Kon Surname User-submission:
(Polish) Derives from koń, which means 'horse' in Polish.
Kon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 19,023 | 1:600 | 123 |
| DR Congo | 12,635 | 1:5,847 | 687 |
| Mali | 5,292 | 1:3,207 | 250 |
| Japan | 4,794 | 1:26,668 | 2,742 |
| Sudan | 3,920 | 1:9,569 | 1,352 |
| Cambodia | 3,445 | 1:4,496 | 677 |
| Russia | 2,954 | 1:48,789 | 6,440 |
| Malaysia | 2,806 | 1:10,511 | 1,167 |
| Vietnam | 2,068 | 1:44,800 | 530 |
| United States | 1,309 | 1:276,898 | 25,875 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,093 | 1:7,460 | 541 |
| India | 876 | 1:875,645 | 38,328 |
| Nigeria | 768 | 1:230,655 | 13,492 |
| Turkey | 716 | 1:108,689 | 9,282 |
| Pakistan | 533 | 1:335,167 | 6,732 |
| Ukraine | 503 | 1:90,502 | 12,974 |
| Taiwan | 464 | 1:50,527 | 565 |
| Cameroon | 396 | 1:52,447 | 6,840 |
| Thailand | 358 | 1:197,314 | 32,638 |
| Indonesia | 352 | 1:375,708 | 32,165 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Australia | 324 | 1:83,320 | 9,655 |
| Uzbekistan | 321 | 1:96,352 | 6,562 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Kenya | 258 | 1:178,992 | 13,473 |
| Netherlands | 247 | 1:68,369 | 11,652 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Canada | 228 | 1:161,603 | 16,308 |
| Hong Kong | 225 | 1:32,602 | 571 |
| Kazakhstan | 196 | 1:90,217 | 10,295 |
| Belarus | 182 | 1:52,204 | 8,910 |
| England | 147 | 1:379,034 | 26,619 |
| Brazil | 138 | 1:1,551,263 | 51,554 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Poland | 135 | 1:281,546 | 34,278 |
| Argentina | 119 | 1:359,188 | 27,983 |
| Ivory Coast | 114 | 1:202,379 | 8,643 |
| Greece | 110 | 1:100,725 | 16,923 |
| France | 109 | 1:609,383 | 80,423 |
| Benin | 107 | 1:96,594 | 11,054 |
| Liberia | 99 | 1:44,531 | 4,051 |
| Brunei | 86 | 1:4,869 | 748 |
| Ecuador | 80 | 1:198,823 | 7,830 |
| Germany | 39 | 1:2,064,243 | 111,952 |
| Israel | 37 | 1:231,287 | 21,601 |
| Mauritius | 32 | 1:40,419 | 7,602 |
| Philippines | 32 | 1:3,163,694 | 143,904 |
| China | 31 | 1:44,107,147 | 2,374 |
| Burkina Faso | 23 | 1:797,917 | 8,915 |
| Serbia | 19 | 1:376,050 | 17,192 |
| Croatia | 15 | 1:281,907 | 28,677 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 14 | 1:426,618 | 34,019 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| Peru | 13 | 1:2,444,933 | 27,186 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Azerbaijan | 12 | 1:804,094 | 13,104 |
| Lithuania | 12 | 1:252,882 | 15,705 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Moldova | 8 | 1:445,171 | 30,722 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Transnistria | 7 | 1:67,814 | 9,165 |
| Guinea | 6 | 1:1,972,303 | 1,775 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 1:1,434,820 | 77,606 |
The alternate forms: Koń (6) are calculated separately.
Kon (49,644) may also be a first name.
Kon Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
(Polish) Derives from koń, which means 'horse' in Polish.
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Kon Religious Adherence
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Kon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kon (Arabic: كون, Georgian: კონ, Hindi: कोन, Marathi: कोन, Russian: Конь, Tibetan: དཀོན་) is borne by more people in South Sudan than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Koń. Click here for other potential spellings of Kon.
How Common Is The Last Name Kon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,247th most widely held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 105,537 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Kon live; 28 percent live in East Africa and 28 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kon is also the 18,608th most common first name internationally It is held by 49,644 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in South Sudan, where it is borne by 19,023 people, or 1 in 600. Aside from South Sudan it occurs in 127 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 18 percent live and Mali, where 8 percent live.
Kon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kon has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 3,740 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 7,350 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kon surname is principally Orthodox (84%) in Russia, Orthodox (50%) in Belarus, Christian (83%) in Kenya and Orthodox (74%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Kon last name are 7.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.07% registered with the political party.
The amount Kon earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 64.01% less than the national average, earning S/. 6,977 per year; in United States they earn 9.45% more than the national average, earning $47,226 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.74% more than the national average, earning $50,049 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kon in the Georgian language | ||
| კონ | kon | - |
| Kon in the Tibetan language | ||
| དཀོན་ | kön | - |
| Kon in the Hindi language | ||
| कोन | kona | 76.6 |
| कोण | kona | 23.4 |
| Kon in the Marathi language | ||
| कोन | kona | 69.05 |
| कॉन | kona | 19.05 |
| कोण | kona | 11.9 |
| Kon in the Russian language | ||
| Конь | kon | - |
| Kon in the Arabic language | ||
| كون | kwn | - |
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