Kounta Surname
Approximately 11,730 people bear this surname
Kounta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 5,679 | 1:2,988 | 233 |
| Senegal | 4,674 | 1:3,119 | 212 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Algeria | 340 | 1:113,622 | 16,287 |
| Guinea | 134 | 1:88,312 | 821 |
| Benin | 114 | 1:90,663 | 10,508 |
| Niger | 79 | 1:242,937 | 7,779 |
| Burkina Faso | 57 | 1:321,967 | 5,544 |
| Ivory Coast | 46 | 1:501,549 | 15,911 |
| Mauritania | 23 | 1:178,038 | 9,291 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kounta (546) may also be a first name.
Kounta Demographics
Average Kounta Salary in
United States
$29,857 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kounta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kounta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kounta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﺖ, Hindi: कौंता) has its highest incidence in Mali. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kounta.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounta? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 44,275th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 621,274 people. The last name Kounta occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kounta live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 360,559th most widespread forename in the world. It is borne by 546 people.
The surname is most numerous in Mali, where it is held by 5,679 people, or 1 in 2,988. Outside of Mali this last name is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 40 percent reside and Togo, where 4 percent reside.
Kounta Last Name Statistics demography
Kounta earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.8% less than the national average, earning $29,857 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kounta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kounta in the Hindi language | ||
| कौंता | kaunta | - |
| Kounta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﺖ | knt | 45.45 |
| ﻛﻨﺘﺎ | knta | 27.27 |
| ﻛﻮﻧﺘﺎ | kwnta | 18.18 |
| ﻛﻨﺘﻪ | knth | 9.09 |
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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 Kounta
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