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 found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,491,356th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 41 percent of Kouei reside; 38 percent reside in West Africa and 35 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Kouei is also the 677,199th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 181 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 284,830. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 42 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 36 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 21 percent live. Excluding The Ivory Coast Kouei occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 35 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 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
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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
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