Koundoul Surname
Approximately 1,450 people bear this surname
Koundoul Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 1,307 | 1:11,155 | 393 |
| Mauritania | 129 | 1:31,743 | 2,595 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Koundoul (11) may also be a first name.
Koundoul Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koundoul Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koundoul (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻧﺪﻭﻝ) is found most frequently in Senegal. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koundoul? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 269,054th most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,025,894 people. The surname Koundoul occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Koundoul are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Koundoul is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 11 people.
Koundoul is most widely held in Senegal, where it is carried by 1,307 people, or 1 in 11,155. In Senegal it is mostly concentrated in: Dakar Region, where 40 percent live, Thiès Region, where 16 percent live and Louga Region, where 12 percent live. Outside of Senegal this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 9 percent live and Niger, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koundoul Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koundoul in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻧﺪﻭﻝ | kwndwl | 53.33 |
| ﻛﻨﺪﻭﻝ | kndwl | 43.33 |
| ﻛﻨﺪﻝ | kndl | 3.33 |
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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 Koundoul
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