Koueke Surname
Approximately 326 people bear this surname
Koueke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 257 | 1:40,216 | 5,165 |
| Cameroon | 66 | 1:314,683 | 29,051 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Koueke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koueke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koueke is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koueke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 842,714th most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 22,354,435 people. The last name Koueke is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Koueke live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 257 people, or 1 in 40,216. In Benin Koueke is most frequent in: Plateau Department, where 86 percent reside, Zou Department, where 10 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 3 percent reside. Barring Benin this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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 Koueke
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