Kounaye Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Kounaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Kounaye (41) may also be a first name.
Kounaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kounaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kounaye occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kounaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Kounaye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kounaye reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently held given name internationally It is held by 41 people.
Kounaye is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 67 percent are found and West Region, where 33 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 38 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 13 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 Kounaye
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