Kouamela Surname

695,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Kouamela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kouamela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast4211:54,8013,306
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kouamela (144) may also be a first name.

Kouamela Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kouamela Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kouamela is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kouamela? popularity and diffusion

Kouamela is the 695,980th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,187,608 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Kouamela reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 769,375th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 144 people.

Kouamela is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 421 people, or 1 in 54,801. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Lagunes District, where 70 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 26 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 2 percent reside. Aside from The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kouomela881/
Kouamelip8213/
Kouamelou822/
Coamela805/
Kohomela7510/
Kaoimela751/
Kouomele751/
Khohomela71115/
Kaoumaila7113/
Coamila672/
Kaomaila6367/
Kiyaamila591/
Caomeli531/

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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 Kouamela
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