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The Kone surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,431 people carried this name — #19,027 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 204,100 people counted. That is up 93% from 740 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 494 people named Kone.

Most of them — 361 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 361
Paris 32
Seine-Saint-Denis 23
Val-de-Marne 13
Val-d’Oise 11
Yvelines 8
Doubs 5
Hauts-de-Seine 3
Puy-de-Dôme 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 396 people named Kone live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 142
Antwerp 74
Liège 56
Hainaut 47
Namur 23
Flemish Brabant 22
East Flanders 13
West Flanders 12

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

209 people named Kone live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 56
Geneva 45
Bern 28
Fribourg 18
Valais 16
Glarus 13
Zurich 13
Basel-Stadt 7

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

75 people named Kone is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 75

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Kone in American newspapers,
1897–1940.

Newspaper page from Foster'S Daily Democrat carrying the name Kone
Foster'S Daily Democrat 1899-02-11
Newspaper page from Fergus Falls Ugeblad carrying the name Kone
Fergus Falls Ugeblad 1919-12-03
Newspaper page from The Independent carrying the name Kone
The Independent 1935-03-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 75,429 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Kone,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Oumar Basakoulba Koné
    Oumar Basakoulba Koné 1978– · athletics competitor
  • Moussa Koné
    Moussa Koné 1996– · association football player
  • Ben Lhassine Kone
    Ben Lhassine Kone 2000– · association football player
  • Hans-Heinrich Kone 1639–1677
  • Edward R. Kone 1848–1933
  • Moussa Kone 1978– · artist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 37 lives in all are documented under this name.

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