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 most in Benin. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kounam reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,148,400. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Collines Department, where 89 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Benin this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and India, where 7 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
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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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