Kouanhou Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kouanhou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kouanhou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Kouanhou Last Name Facts

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

Kouanhou is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kouanhou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Kouanhou reside; 89 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: West Region, where 88 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 11 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 Kouanhou
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