Kouana Surname
Approximately 500 people bear this surname
Kouana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 343 | 1:30,133 | 3,978 |
| Ivory Coast | 51 | 1:452,377 | 14,862 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Niger | 40 | 1:479,800 | 12,724 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kouana (508) may also be a first name.
Kouana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kouana is found most in Benin. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kouana.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouana? popularity and diffusion
Kouana is the 616,129th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,575,092 people. The surname Kouana is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kouana are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 375,473rd most frequently used first name internationally, held by 508 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 343 people, or 1 in 30,133. In Benin it is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 61 percent reside, Atakora Department, where 32 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 3 percent reside. Other than Benin Kouana exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent reside and Cameroon, where 8 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
- 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 Kouana
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