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.
Kouka Demographics
Average Kouka Salary in
United States
$35,259 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kouka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kouka (Arabic: كوقا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻛﻪ, Russian: Коука) is found most frequently in The Congo. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kouka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 74,925th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,111,076 people. It 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 frequently used given name in the world. It is borne by 43,449 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The Congo, where it is held by 2,460 people, or 1 in 2,028. In The Congo Kouka is most frequent in: Brazzaville Department, where 57 percent are found, Pointe-Noire Department, where 31 percent are found and Cuvette Department, where 8 percent are found. Other than The Congo this last name occurs in 56 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent are found and Greece, where 9 percent are found.
Kouka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kouka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kouka surname expanded 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 Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the 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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