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
The last name Kouama is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Kouamã. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kouama is the 411,457th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,593,804 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kouama reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kouama is also the 396,762nd most frequently held given name worldwide, borne by 462 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 734 people, or 1 in 25,003. In Burkina Faso it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 52 percent reside, Centre-Ouest Region, where 24 percent reside and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 9 percent reside. Other than Burkina Faso this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 9 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kouama
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