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 found most in Cameroon. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koung? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koung is the 211,727th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 3,742,961 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Koung live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 85 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 537,992nd most common first name globally, held by 273 people.
The last name Koung is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,679 people, or 1 in 12,370. In Cameroon Koung is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 75 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 16 percent reside and South Region, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon Koung is found in 25 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Lesotho, where 2 percent reside.
Koung Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Koung has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Koung last name grew 9,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Koung Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Koung are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans 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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