Kouessi Surname
Approximately 5,743 people bear this surname
Kouessi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,783 | 1:3,714 | 474 |
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Ivory Coast | 340 | 1:67,857 | 3,857 |
| Cameroon | 84 | 1:247,251 | 24,294 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kouessi (8,385) may also be a first name.
Kouessi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouessi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kouessi is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouessi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kouessi is the 84,166th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,268,944 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kouessi live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kouessi is also the 68,940th most frequently used given name globally, borne by 8,385 people.
The surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 2,783 people, or 1 in 3,714. In Benin it is most common in: Kouffo Department, where 50 percent reside, Mono Department, where 28 percent reside and Zou Department, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Benin Kouessi exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 36 percent reside and Ghana, where 7 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 Kouessi
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