Kounou Surname
Approximately 8,758 people bear this surname
Kounou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 5,322 | 1:1,942 | 241 |
| Cameroon | 2,707 | 1:7,672 | 975 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Niger | 190 | 1:101,011 | 4,144 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Kounou (620) may also be a first name.
Kounou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kounou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kounou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻧﻮ) is found most frequently in Benin. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 57,793rd most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 832,102 people. Kounou is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kounou live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kounou is also the 334,926th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 620 people.
This last name is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 5,322 people, or 1 in 1,942. In Benin it is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 26 percent reside, Zou Department, where 25 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin this surname occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 31 percent reside and Togo, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kounou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kounou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻧﻮ | kwnw | - |
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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 Kounou
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