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 last name Kouaya is most common in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,155,901st most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. The last name Kouaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kouaya are found; 91 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 114,746. In Cameroon Kouaya is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 45 percent are found, Centre Region, where 36 percent are found and West Region, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent are found and The Congo, where 4 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 Kouaya
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