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 is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kounto.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounto? popularity and diffusion
Kounto is the 2,034,059th most widespread family name on earth, held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kounto reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most common first name in the world, held by 19 people.
Kounto is most commonly held in Niger, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 290,788. In Niger Kounto is most frequent in: Maradi Region, where 64 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 18 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Niger this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 11 percent reside and Benin, where 8 percent reside.
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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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