Kouala Surname
Approximately 1,212 people bear this surname
Kouala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 434 | 1:11,496 | 1,522 |
| Ivory Coast | 422 | 1:54,671 | 3,299 |
| Benin | 132 | 1:78,300 | 9,304 |
| Burkina Faso | 129 | 1:142,264 | 3,737 |
| Cameroon | 88 | 1:236,012 | 23,423 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Kouala (119) may also be a first name.
Kouala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kouala occurs in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 310,758th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 6,012,827 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kouala reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kouala is also the 856,040th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 119 people.
This surname is most widely held in The Congo, where it is borne by 434 people, or 1 in 11,496. In The Congo Kouala is primarily concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 57 percent are found, Pointe-Noire Department, where 40 percent are found and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 2 percent are found. Other than The Congo this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 35 percent are found and Benin, where 11 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 Kouala
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