Kounni Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Kounni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 135 | 1:76,560 | 9,134 |
| Cyprus | 28 | 1:31,603 | 3,400 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Kounni (61) may also be a first name.
Kounni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kounni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kounni is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kounni.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounni? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kounni is the 1,194,481st most frequently held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Kounni are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 61 people.
This surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 135 people, or 1 in 76,560. In Benin Kounni is primarily concentrated in: Atlantique Department, where 47 percent live, Alibori Department, where 35 percent live and Littoral Department, where 15 percent live. Excluding Benin Kounni exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Cyprus, where 14 percent live and Niger, where 7 percent live.
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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 Kounni
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