Okounde Surname

354,295th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,027 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Okounde Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okounde Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin6031:17,1402,326
Togo4201:17,2575,159
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Okounde (17) may also be a first name.

Okounde Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okounde Come From? nationality or country of origin

Okounde has its highest incidence in Benin. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Okounde.

How Common Is The Last Name Okounde? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okounde is the 354,295th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,095,955 people. The surname Okounde is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okounde are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent given name globally, borne by 17 people.

The last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 603 people, or 1 in 17,140. In Benin it is mostly found in: Collines Department, where 81 percent reside, Zou Department, where 7 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 6 percent reside. Other than Benin Okounde exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 41 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, 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 Okounde
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