Kiyou Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Kiyou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 58 | 1:330,897 | 9,684 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Kiyou (15) may also be a first name.
Kiyou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiyou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kiyou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻴﻮ) occurs most in Niger. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiyou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,203,767th most widespread family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Kiyou live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 15 people.
The surname Kiyou is most widely held in Niger, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 330,897. In Niger Kiyou is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 67 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 29 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Niger this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 12 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kiyou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kiyou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻴﻮ | kyw | - |
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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 Kiyou
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