Kouaya Surname
Approximately 207 people bear this surname
Kouaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 181 | 1:114,746 | 13,259 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Kouaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kouaya is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kouaya is the 1,155,901st most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kouaya reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 114,746. In Cameroon Kouaya is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 45 percent reside, Centre Region, where 36 percent reside and West Region, where 17 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Kouaya occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent reside and The Congo, where 4 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 Kouaya
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