Kounate Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Kounate Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 48 | 1:85,310 | 5,518 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
The alternate forms: Kounaté (152) & Kounatè (1) are calculated separately.
Kounate (18) may also be a first name.
Kounate Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kounate Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kounate is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Kounaté or Kounatè. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounate? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,152,526th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. Kounate is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Kounate live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Kounate is also the 2,608,198th most numerous forename internationally It is held by 18 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 85,310. In Mauritania Kounate is most numerous in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 33 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 27 percent live and Guidimagha Region, where 21 percent live. Aside from Mauritania it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 17 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 12 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 Kounate
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