Kounu Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Kounu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kounu (451) may also be a first name.
Kounu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kounu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kounu is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kounu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Kounu are found; 25 percent are found in Central Africa and 25 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 402,848th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 451 people.
The last name Kounu is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 10,335,602. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Mono Department, where 100 percent live. Excluding Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and India, where 25 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
- 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 Kounu
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