Kouenou Surname
Approximately 2,952 people bear this surname
Kouenou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2,906 | 1:6,315 | 674 |
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 1:1,357,131 | 29,476 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kouénou (1) are calculated separately.
Kouenou (20) may also be a first name.
Kouenou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouenou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kouenou is most common in Burkina Faso. It may also be found in the variant forms: Kouénou. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouenou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 149,628th most common family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,468,681 people. Kouenou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kouenou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Mande Africa. Kouenou is also the 2,446,817th most widespread given name at a global level It is held by 20 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 2,906 people, or 1 in 6,315. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 89 percent are found, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 6 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Burkina Faso this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 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 Kouenou
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