Kono Surname
Approximately 232,047 people bear this surname
Kono Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 217,499 | 1:588 | 85 |
| Indonesia | 4,060 | 1:32,574 | 3,827 |
| Cameroon | 2,606 | 1:7,970 | 1,036 |
| United States | 1,772 | 1:204,548 | 20,076 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,045 | 1:7,803 | 583 |
| Egypt | 763 | 1:120,492 | 9,804 |
| Brazil | 686 | 1:312,062 | 12,022 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Congo | 364 | 1:13,706 | 1,733 |
| Liberia | 331 | 1:13,319 | 1,416 |
| Thailand | 229 | 1:308,464 | 53,166 |
| Kenya | 223 | 1:207,085 | 14,906 |
| DR Congo | 219 | 1:337,350 | 29,912 |
| Ivory Coast | 201 | 1:114,782 | 5,758 |
| Botswana | 182 | 1:12,016 | 2,280 |
| Nigeria | 126 | 1:1,405,895 | 54,600 |
| Singapore | 120 | 1:45,898 | 1,743 |
| South Africa | 92 | 1:588,888 | 45,159 |
| United Arab Emirates | 89 | 1:102,947 | 8,862 |
| Mexico | 86 | 1:1,443,328 | 15,900 |
| India | 66 | 1:11,622,203 | 212,115 |
| Albania | 64 | 1:45,532 | 6,163 |
| Zimbabwe | 62 | 1:249,004 | 26,834 |
| Canada | 48 | 1:767,616 | 60,775 |
| Russia | 41 | 1:3,515,196 | 179,721 |
| Philippines | 41 | 1:2,469,225 | 130,198 |
| Israel | 39 | 1:219,427 | 20,804 |
| Australia | 36 | 1:749,881 | 48,970 |
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Switzerland | 27 | 1:304,182 | 24,091 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Solomon Islands | 25 | 1:23,201 | 4,555 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Peru | 22 | 1:1,444,733 | 22,095 |
| Paraguay | 22 | 1:328,943 | 5,083 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Kôno (2) are calculated separately.
Kono (8,143) may also be a first name.
Kono Demographics
Average Kono Salary in
United States
$50,755 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kono Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kono Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kono (Arabic: كونو, Georgian: კონო, Hindi: कोनो, Marathi: कोनो, Russian: Коно, Tibetan: ཀོ་ནོ།) is most common in Japan. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Kôno. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kono? popularity and diffusion
Kono is the 2,367th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 31,405 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Kono are found; 94 percent are found in East Asia and 94 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Kono is also the 70,238th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 8,143 people.
The last name Kono is most frequent in Japan, where it is carried by 217,499 people, or 1 in 588. In Japan Kono is primarily found in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent live, Ōita Prefecture, where 9 percent live and Miyazaki Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Outside of Japan Kono is found in 89 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Kono Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kono has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kono last name increased 25,314 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kono Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kono surname is primarily Christian (71%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kono last name are 14.61% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 67.84% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kono earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 76.81% less than the national average, earning R 55,116 per year; in United States they earn 17.63% more than the national average, earning $50,755 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.07% less than the national average, earning $47,162 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kono Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kono in the Georgian language | ||
| კონო | kono | - |
| Kono in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀོ་ནོ། | kono | - |
| Kono in the Hindi language | ||
| कोनो | kono | - |
| Kono in the Marathi language | ||
| कोनो | kono | - |
| Kono in the Russian language | ||
| Коно | kono | - |
| Kono in the Arabic language | ||
| كونو | kwnw | - |
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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 Kono
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