Couye Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Couye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Couye (3) may also be a first name.
Couye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Couye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Couye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻱ) is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Couye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Couye is the 10,311,814th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Couye occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Couye reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Couye is also the 7,463,778th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 3 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 10,335,602. In Benin Couye is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 100 percent live. Apart from Benin Couye is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 33 percent live and Mauritania, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Couye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Couye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻱ | kwy | - |
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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 Couye
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