Koundiou Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Koundiou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 58 | 1:70,601 | 4,804 |
| Senegal | 10 | 1:1,457,934 | 3,873 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Koundiou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koundiou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koundiou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻧﺠﻮ) is most common in Mauritania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Koundiou.
How Common Is The Last Name Koundiou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Koundiou is the 2,273,756th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Koundiou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 70,601. In Mauritania Koundiou is most numerous in: Gorgol Region, where 53 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 33 percent live and Trarza Region, where 10 percent live. Besides Mauritania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 14 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koundjou | 88 | 115 | / |
| Coundiou | 88 | 3 | / |
| Koundoju | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kondoju | 80 | 2,041 | / |
| Kundoju | 80 | 154 | / |
| Kondjou | 80 | 32 | / |
| Kundjou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kundhoju | 75 | 7 | / |
| Kondooju | 75 | 4 | / |
| Koumdjou | 75 | 3 | / |
| Keundjou | 75 | 2 | / |
| Coundieu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Koundjeu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kondehou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Coundjou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kundooju | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kondojuu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kundju | 71 | 135 | / |
| Kondyu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kondju | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kundyus | 67 | 349 | / |
| Condoiu | 67 | 139 | / |
| Cundius | 67 | 20 | / |
| Konduju | 67 | 8 | / |
| Condeiu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kondeju | 67 | 5 | / |
| Khundju | 67 | 4 | / |
| Condieu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kundjeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kondjeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kundeju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaundju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kondjui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cundiua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuindjeu | 63 | 63 | / |
| Keundjeu | 63 | 4 | / |
| Koumdjeu | 63 | 3 | / |
| Kungyu | 57 | 90 | / |
| Khungyu | 53 | 1 | / |
Koundiou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koundiou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻧﺠﻮ | kwnjw | 56.25 |
| ﻛﻨﺠﻮ | knjw | 18.75 |
| ﻛﻮﻧﺪﻳﻮ | kwndyw | 18.75 |
| ﻛﻮﻧﺪﻭ | kwndw | 6.25 |
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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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- 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 Koundiou
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