Kountou Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Kountou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 90 | 1:213,245 | 7,073 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Kountou (67) may also be a first name.
Kountou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kountou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kountou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻧﺘﻮ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kountou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,701,480th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname Kountou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kountou are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 67 people.
This surname is most common in Niger, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 213,245. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 42 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 21 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Niger it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 17 percent reside and Greece, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kountou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kountou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻧﺘﻮ | kwntw | - |
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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 Kountou
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