Kouanan Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Kouanan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kouanan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin921:112,34412,545
Cameroon251:830,76357,125
Ivory Coast41:5,767,80855,416

Kouanan (164) may also be a first name.

Kouanan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kouanan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kouanan occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kouanan.

How Common Is The Last Name Kouanan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kouanan is the 1,649,806th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name Kouanan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kouanan are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kouanan is also the 715,247th most frequently held given name world-wide, held by 164 people.

Kouanan is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 112,344. In Benin Kouanan is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 77 percent are found, Collines Department, where 14 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 2 percent are found. Barring Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 21 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Kouanan
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