Kowonou Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Kowonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kowonou (29) may also be a first name.
Kowonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kowonou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowonou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Kowonou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kowonou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kowonou is also the 1,951,561st most widely held first name globally, held by 29 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 738,257. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 79 percent reside, Zou Department, where 14 percent reside and Mono Department, where 7 percent reside. Other than Benin it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 21 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kouwonou | 93 | 1,860 | / |
| Kowono | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kouwonnou | 88 | 6 | / |
| Kouwounou | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kowanou | 86 | 223 | / |
| Kowongo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kawonou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kouwanou | 80 | 1,086 | / |
| Kouvonou | 80 | 64 | / |
| Kawounou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kowannou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kuwonu | 77 | 662 | / |
| Kawono | 77 | 91 | / |
| Kowano | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kowona | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kobono | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kowunu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Koubounou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kouwannou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kuswono | 71 | 538 | / |
| Kaswono | 71 | 41 | / |
| Khawono | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kawanou | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kuwonoe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Koewano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kouwanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kawongu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khobonu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaboono | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kawanoue | 67 | 824 | / |
| Kobonoje | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kabounou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Koboonho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khawongo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kowonou
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