Kogui Surname
Approximately 893 people bear this surname
Kogui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 470 | 1:21,991 | 2,944 |
| Ivory Coast | 383 | 1:60,238 | 3,532 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Kogui (453) may also be a first name.
Kogui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kogui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kogui is most common in Benin. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kogui? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kogui is the 395,186th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 8,160,746 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kogui live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 401,726th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 453 people.
The last name Kogui is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 470 people, or 1 in 21,991. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 50 percent are found, Alibori Department, where 23 percent are found and Plateau Department, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 43 percent are found and Niger, where 3 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
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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 Kogui
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