Nkounou Surname
Approximately 680 people bear this surname
Nkounou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nkounou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkounou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkounou is held by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkounou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 487,899th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,716,979 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkounou live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Togo, where it is held by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Without taking into account Togo it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Nkounou
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