Kouega Surname
Approximately 323 people bear this surname
Kouega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 190 | 1:96,590 | 3,095 |
| Cameroon | 133 | 1:156,158 | 17,045 |
Kouega (139) may also be a first name.
Kouega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kouega is carried by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouega? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 847,909th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 22,562,062 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kouega are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 784,558th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 139 people.
Kouega is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 190 people, or 1 in 96,590. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Centre-Est Region, where 99 percent live, Centre Region, where 1 percent live and Centre-Sud Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Burkina Faso this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 41 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 Kouega
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