Kouka Surname
Approximately 6,559 people bear this surname
Kouka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 2,460 | 1:2,028 | 334 |
| Ivory Coast | 706 | 1:32,679 | 2,192 |
| Greece | 593 | 1:18,684 | 2,685 |
| Algeria | 536 | 1:72,074 | 11,644 |
| Iraq | 372 | 1:94,144 | 2,903 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| France | 277 | 1:239,793 | 37,155 |
| Niger | 229 | 1:83,808 | 3,597 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| United States | 85 | 1:4,264,223 | 227,504 |
| Burkina Faso | 79 | 1:232,305 | 4,710 |
| Benin | 52 | 1:198,762 | 18,872 |
| Cameroon | 47 | 1:441,895 | 37,035 |
| Mauritania | 47 | 1:87,125 | 5,595 |
| New Zealand | 41 | 1:110,447 | 14,290 |
| Tunisia | 40 | 1:15,266 | 2,487 |
| Senegal | 24 | 1:607,473 | 2,395 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Kouka (43,449) may also be a first name.
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Kouka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kouka (Arabic: كوقا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻛﻪ, Russian: Коука) has its highest incidence in The Congo. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouka? popularity and diffusion
Kouka is the 74,925th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,111,076 people. Kouka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Kouka live; 41 percent live in Central Africa and 41 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kouka is also the 20,756th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 43,449 people.
Kouka is most frequent in The Congo, where it is borne by 2,460 people, or 1 in 2,028. In The Congo it is primarily found in: Brazzaville Department, where 57 percent reside, Pointe-Noire Department, where 31 percent reside and Cuvette Department, where 8 percent reside. Beside The Congo this surname occurs in 56 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent reside and Greece, where 9 percent reside.
Kouka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kouka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kouka last name increased 850 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kouka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kouka last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.
Kouka earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.29% less than the national average, earning $35,259 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kouka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kouka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻛﻪ | kwkh | 80.65 |
| ﻛﻮﻙ | kwk | 9.68 |
| ﻛﻮﻛﺔ | kwkt | 4.84 |
| ﻛﻮﻛﺎ | kwka | 4.84 |
| Kouka in the Russian language | ||
| Коука | kouka | - |
| Kouka in the Arabic language | ||
| كوقا | kwqa | - |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kouka
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