Kourna Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Kourna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 167 | 1:114,922 | 4,533 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kourna (92) may also be a first name.
Kourna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kourna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kourna is borne by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kourna.
How Common Is The Last Name Kourna? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kourna is the 1,276,805th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kourna are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 992,070th most commonly occurring forename in the world It is held by 92 people.
This surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 167 people, or 1 in 114,922. In Niger Kourna is mostly concentrated in: Diffa Region, where 84 percent live, Zinder Region, where 12 percent live and Maradi Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Niger Kourna occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and Chad, where 1 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 Kourna
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