Kounton Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Kounton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 62 | 1:166,703 | 16,738 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
Kounton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kounton Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kounton occurs most in Benin. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kounton click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounton? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kounton is the 2,394,033rd most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kounton reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 166,703. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 76 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 21 percent live and Littoral Department, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Benin it occurs in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent live.
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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 Kounton
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