Koundegnon Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Koundegnon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 130 | 1:79,505 | 9,420 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
The alternate forms: Koundégnon (5) are calculated separately.
Koundegnon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koundegnon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koundegnon is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Koundégnon. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koundegnon? popularity and diffusion
The last name Koundegnon is the 1,558,593rd most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Koundegnon are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 79,505. In Benin Koundegnon is most numerous in: Atlantique Department, where 53 percent live, Mono Department, where 22 percent live and Littoral Department, where 10 percent live. Not including Benin it is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koundégnon | 97 | 5 | / |
| Kandegnon | 84 | 2 | / |
| Kumdegnon | 84 | 1 | / |
| Konidagnon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kintognon | 63 | 59 | / |
| Konate-Gnanou | 61 | 2 | / |
| Gandogonon | 60 | 124 | / |
| Kandikanon | 60 | 8 | / |
| Kontkanen | 53 | 1,239 | / |
| Candaganan | 50 | 218 | / |
| Kintikanon | 50 | 29 | / |
| Kontcannen | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kontkainen | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Koundegnon
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