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 found in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Khouya? popularity and diffusion
Khouya is the 75,227th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,116,352 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Khouya reside; 90 percent reside in North Africa and 90 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 257,336th most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 980 people.
The last name Khouya is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is borne by 5,896 people, or 1 in 5,847. Outside of Morocco this last name exists in 18 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 4 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.
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
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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 Khouya
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