Kouama Surname
Approximately 848 people bear this surname
Kouama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 734 | 1:25,003 | 1,561 |
| Congo | 74 | 1:67,420 | 5,853 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
The alternate forms: Kouamã (2) are calculated separately.
Kouama (462) may also be a first name.
Kouama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kouama occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Kouamã. For other potential spellings of Kouama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 411,457th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 8,593,804 people. Kouama is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kouama are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 396,762nd most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 462 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 734 people, or 1 in 25,003. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 52 percent are found, Centre-Ouest Region, where 24 percent are found and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 9 percent are found. Not including Burkina Faso this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 9 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Kouama
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