Koung Surname
Approximately 1,947 people bear this surname
Koung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,679 | 1:12,370 | 1,670 |
| United States | 90 | 1:4,027,321 | 218,060 |
| Lesotho | 36 | 1:56,460 | 8,384 |
| Liberia | 32 | 1:137,767 | 10,163 |
| Cambodia | 22 | 1:703,961 | 4,765 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Myanmar | 16 | 1:3,246,124 | 792 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Koung (273) may also be a first name.
Koung Demographics
Average Koung Salary in
United States
$47,685 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Koung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koung Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koung is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koung? popularity and diffusion
It is the 211,727th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,742,961 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Koung reside; 86 percent reside in Central Africa and 85 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 537,992nd most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 273 people.
The surname Koung is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,679 people, or 1 in 12,370. In Cameroon Koung is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 75 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 16 percent are found and South Region, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 25 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Lesotho, where 2 percent are found.
Koung Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Koung has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Koung last name increased 9,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Koung Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Koung surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
Koung earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.51% more than the national average, earning $47,685 USD per year.
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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 Koung
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