Koulan Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Koulan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 59 | 1:175,180 | 17,306 |
| Ivory Coast | 41 | 1:562,713 | 17,068 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Koulan (1,653) may also be a first name.
Koulan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koulan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koulan is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koulan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,710,039th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The surname Koulan is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Koulan reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 189,475th most commonly used first name globally, held by 1,653 people.
The last name Koulan is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 175,180. In Benin it is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 47 percent reside, Zou Department, where 27 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Benin this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 36 percent reside and Niger, where 7 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 Koulan
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