Kouna Surname
Approximately 5,707 people bear this surname
Kouna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3,543 | 1:5,862 | 713 |
| Benin | 484 | 1:21,355 | 2,850 |
| Gabon | 455 | 1:4,152 | 740 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Niger | 201 | 1:95,483 | 3,965 |
| Ivory Coast | 187 | 1:123,376 | 6,051 |
| Greece | 139 | 1:79,711 | 13,453 |
| Iraq | 79 | 1:443,312 | 7,666 |
| Palestine | 64 | 1:71,076 | 6,019 |
| Algeria | 39 | 1:990,553 | 42,105 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Mauritania | 24 | 1:170,619 | 9,051 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Kouna (3,187) may also be a first name.
Kouna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kouna (Arabic: كونه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻧﻪ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouna? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 84,629th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,276,949 people. The surname Kouna is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Kouna live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kouna is also the 127,257th most numerous given name internationally. It is borne by 3,187 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 3,543 people, or 1 in 5,862. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 84 percent reside, Far North Region, where 6 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon Kouna exists in 30 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 8 percent reside and Gabon, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kouna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kouna in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻧﻪ | kwnh | 40.74 |
| ﺧﻮﻥ | khwn | 25.93 |
| ﻛﻮﻧﺎ | kwna | 18.52 |
| ﻛﻮﻥ | kwn | 11.11 |
| ﺧﻮﻧﻪ | khwnh | 3.7 |
| Kouna in the Arabic language | ||
| كونه | kwnh | - |
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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 Kouna
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