Khouya Surname
Approximately 6,528 people bear this surname
Khouya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 5,896 | 1:5,847 | 692 |
| Mauritania | 251 | 1:16,314 | 1,527 |
| France | 179 | 1:371,077 | 55,233 |
| Spain | 165 | 1:283,346 | 17,390 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Khouya (980) may also be a first name.
Khouya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khouya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Khouya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻮﻱ) is more frequently found in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khouya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 75,227th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,116,352 people. The last name Khouya occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Khouya are found; 90 percent are found in North Africa and 90 percent are found in Mahgreb. Khouya is also the 257,336th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 980 people.
The surname Khouya is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is borne by 5,896 people, or 1 in 5,847. Barring Morocco this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 4 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khouya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khouya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻮﻱ | khwy | 82.05 |
| ﺧﻮﻳﻪ | khwyh | 16.67 |
| ﺧﻮﻯ | khwy | 1.28 |
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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 Khouya
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