Kounto Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Kounto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 66 | 1:290,788 | 8,823 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Kounto (19) may also be a first name.
Kounto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kounto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kounto occurs most in Niger. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounto? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,034,059th most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The surname Kounto is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kounto live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Chadic Africa. Kounto is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name globally It is held by 19 people.
The surname is most widespread in Niger, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 290,788. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 64 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 18 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Niger Kounto exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 11 percent are found and Benin, where 8 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 Kounto
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