Koundou Surname
Approximately 1,642 people bear this surname
Koundou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,214 | 1:17,108 | 2,350 |
| Niger | 316 | 1:60,734 | 2,873 |
| Benin | 71 | 1:145,572 | 15,253 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Guinea | 10 | 1:1,183,382 | 1,367 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Koundou (2,582) may also be a first name.
Koundou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koundou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koundou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻧﺪﻭ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koundou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 242,956th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,438,213 people. The surname Koundou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Koundou live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 60 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 144,818th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 2,582 people.
Koundou is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,214 people, or 1 in 17,108. In Cameroon Koundou is most prevalent in: East Region, where 73 percent live, Littoral Region, where 16 percent live and Centre Region, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 19 percent live and Benin, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koundou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koundou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻧﺪﻭ | kwndw | 82.61 |
| ﻛﻨﺪﻭ | kndw | 17.39 |
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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 Koundou
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