Kouny Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Kouny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Kouny (17) may also be a first name.
Kouny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouny Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kouny (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻧﻲ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouny? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,532,898th most numerous last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kouny live; 58 percent live in Central Africa and 58 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 17 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon Kouny is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 91 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Not including Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 21 percent live and Benin, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kouny Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kouny in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻧﻲ | kwny | 75 |
| ﻛﻮﻧﻰ | kwny | 25 |
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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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- 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 Kouny
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