Kounane Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Kounane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Kounane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kounane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kounane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻧﺎﻥ) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounane? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kounane is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Kounane reside; 43 percent reside in Southern Africa and 43 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Kounane is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 14 percent live and Cameroon, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kounane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kounane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻧﺎﻥ | kwnan | - |
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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 Kounane
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