Kounke Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Kounke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kounke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kounke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kounke occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,909,720th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Kounke reside; 47 percent reside in Central Africa and 44 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Kounke is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 989,003. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: East Region, where 90 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 5 percent are found and Centre Region, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent are found and Togo, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Kounke
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