Kounon Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Kounon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 73 | 1:141,584 | 14,936 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Kounon (832) may also be a first name.
Kounon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kounon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kounon is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounon? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,994,173rd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. Kounon occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kounon are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kounon is also the 283,108th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 832 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 141,584. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Department, where 45 percent are found, Zou Department, where 23 percent are found and Mono Department, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Benin this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 16 percent are found and Chad, where 1 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
- 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 Kounon
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