Kouechi Surname
Approximately 2,384 people bear this surname
Kouechi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,370 | 1:4,361 | 575 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
The alternate forms: Kouéchi (7) are calculated separately.
Kouechi (1,338) may also be a first name.
Kouechi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouechi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kouechi is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Kouéchi. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouechi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kouechi is the 179,010th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,056,857 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kouechi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kouechi is also the 214,721st most widespread given name worldwide. It is borne by 1,338 people.
The surname Kouechi is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 2,370 people, or 1 in 4,361. In Benin Kouechi is most numerous in: Kouffo Department, where 96 percent are found, Zou Department, where 2 percent are found and Donga Department, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 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
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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 Kouechi
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