Kone

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Koné in SE Sweden.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Kone is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French (Côte d’Ivoire) surname89K records spelled Kone3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written Koné, Kôné

• a separate surname1.9K records spelled Kone2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States

  Also written Koné

• Swahili surname1.2K records spelled Kone3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kenya, United States, South Africa, Tanzania

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Koné

• a separate surname1.1K records spelled Kone5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Mali, Ethiopia

  Also written Koné, Köne, Konè, Ko̳ne

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Kone is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• unexplained.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Northern Sotho, Bapedi clan/surname (Bakone) listed among the high-veld Sotho groups of the Pedi; recognised as Pedi 'empire builders'.

  as a word·sanames.co.za — South African surnames

• In men, please, do, I en- treat. Kone be ngi hindé ji wo

  as a word·Vocabulary of the Mende Language

• In cdo, debe TF the husk of grain, chaff, bran, (bi

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In Finnish, machine (mechanical or electrical device)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 8 years between 1921–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Moussa Koneb. 1978ATAustrian artist and draughtsperson
• Oumar Basakoulba Konéb. 1978CIIvorian athletics competitor
• Soufiane Koneb. 1980FRfootballer
• James Koneb. 1987South Sudanese footballer
• Karidjatou Koneb. 1992CIbadminton player
• Moussa Konéb. 1996SNSenegalese association football player (1996-)
• Kelly Koneb. 1997FRFrench association football player
• Yaya Koneb. 1998CIIvorian association football player (1998-)
• Ben Lhassine Koneb. 2000CIIvorian football player
• Aboubacar Koneb. 2001CIBelgian footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 56 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Kone?

We estimate roughly 4.5 thousand people bear Kone (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Kone have the most bearers?

Kone is most frequently recorded in Côte d’Ivoire, where it is most often spelled kone.

How common is Kone compared with other names?

In Côte d’Ivoire, Kone is the most common surname of 19,557 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Kone mean?

Recorded meaning: Americanized spelling of German Kuhn or Dutch Koen.