Monkoun Surname
Approximately 721 people bear this surname
Monkoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 714 | 1:14,476 | 1,964 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
Monkoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Monkoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Monkoun occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Monkoun.
How Common Is The Last Name Monkoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 466,730th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,107,553 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Monkoun reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Monkoun is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 714 people, or 1 in 14,476. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Atlantique Department, where 66 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 14 percent are found and Zou Department, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Benin Monkoun is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Monkoun
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