Kounam Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Kounam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Kounam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kounam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kounam occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kounam.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounam? popularity and diffusion
Kounam is the 5,213,395th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kounam live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Kounam is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,148,400. In Benin Kounam is most numerous in: Collines Department, where 89 percent live and Borgou Department, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Benin it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
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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 Kounam
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