Koaye Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Koaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 19 | 1:965,900 | 9,829 |
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 1:1,357,131 | 29,476 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Koaye (18) may also be a first name.
Koaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koaye is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Koaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Koaye are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Koaye is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 18 people.
The surname is most widespread in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 965,900. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Burkina Faso it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 40 percent are found and Myanmar, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Koaye
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