Kounan Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Kounan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 96 | 1:240,325 | 9,685 |
| Benin | 48 | 1:215,325 | 19,968 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kounan (193) may also be a first name.
Kounan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kounan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kounan occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounan? popularity and diffusion
Kounan is the 1,422,956th most widespread last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Kounan are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 653,740th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 193 people.
The surname Kounan is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 240,325. In The Ivory Coast Kounan is mostly found in: Lagunes District, where 59 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 33 percent are found and Montagnes District, where 4 percent are found. Outside of The Ivory Coast Kounan is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 32 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 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 Kounan
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