Kouaye Surname
Approximately 353 people bear this surname
Kouaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 171 | 1:134,919 | 6,497 |
| Cameroon | 118 | 1:176,009 | 18,652 |
| Benin | 53 | 1:195,011 | 18,621 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Kouaye (474) may also be a first name.
Kouaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kouaye occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 796,486th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 20,644,606 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Kouaye live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kouaye is also the 390,891st most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 474 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 134,919. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 33 percent live, Bas-Sassandra District, where 27 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 22 percent live. Barring The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 33 percent live and Benin, where 15 percent live.
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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 Kouaye
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