Kouei Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Kouei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 81 | 1:284,830 | 10,886 |
| Iran | 49 | 1:1,566,990 | 61,347 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Kouei (181) may also be a first name.
Kouei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kouei is most common in The Ivory Coast. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kouei is the 1,491,356th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 41 percent of Kouei live; 38 percent live in West Africa and 35 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 677,199th most widely held forename internationally It is held by 181 people.
This last name is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 284,830. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Montagnes District, where 42 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 36 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 21 percent reside. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 35 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 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
- 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 Kouei
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