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 most in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouny? popularity and diffusion
Kouny is the 4,532,898th most prevalent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 common forename internationally It is held by 17 people.
The surname Kouny is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon Kouny is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 91 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Barring Cameroon Kouny is found in 5 countries. It is also found 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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- 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 Kouny
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