Kounana Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Kounana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Kounana (10) may also be a first name.
Kounana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kounana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kounana is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,055,934th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. Kounana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kounana live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 10 people.
The surname Kounana is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 939,600. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 82 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 18 percent are found. Beside Benin Kounana occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 24 percent are found and The Congo, where 24 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
- 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 Kounana
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