Couta Surname
Approximately 576 people bear this surname
Couta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 455 | 1:32,043 | 659 |
| France | 47 | 1:1,413,249 | 138,595 |
| Spain | 40 | 1:1,168,801 | 40,601 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Couta (175) may also be a first name.
Couta Demographics
Average Couta Salary in
United States
$43,083 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Couta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Couta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Couta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺗﺎ) is held by more people in Senegal than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Couta? popularity and diffusion
The last name Couta is the 553,576th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 12,651,989 people. Couta is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Couta live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 690,096th most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 175 people.
The last name Couta is most commonly used in Senegal, where it is carried by 455 people, or 1 in 32,043. In Senegal it is most common in: Diourbel Region, where 38 percent reside, Kaolack Region, where 28 percent reside and Kaffrine Region, where 9 percent reside. Other than Senegal Couta is found in 13 countries. It is also found in France, where 8 percent reside and Spain, where 7 percent reside.
Couta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Couta has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Couta surname increased 180 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Couta Last Name Statistics demography
Couta earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.15% less than the national average, earning $43,083 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Couta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Couta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺗﺎ | kwta | - |
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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 Couta
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