Amouye Surname
Approximately 503 people bear this surname
Amouye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 315 | 1:73,242 | 4,065 |
| Benin | 87 | 1:118,800 | 13,087 |
| Cameroon | 72 | 1:288,459 | 27,220 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Amouye (193) may also be a first name.
Amouye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amouye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amouye is more frequently found in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Amouye.
How Common Is The Last Name Amouye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amouye is the 613,453rd most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 14,488,163 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Amouye are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 653,740th most prevalent forename worldwide, held by 193 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 315 people, or 1 in 73,242. In The Ivory Coast Amouye is primarily concentrated in: Comoé District, where 66 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 28 percent are found and Lacs District, where 3 percent are found. Apart from The Ivory Coast Amouye exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 17 percent are found and Cameroon, where 14 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Amouye
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