Kouke Surname
Approximately 1,057 people bear this surname
Kouke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 785 | 1:13,166 | 1,794 |
| Cameroon | 143 | 1:145,238 | 16,093 |
| Japan | 51 | 1:2,506,751 | 30,743 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Koukè (3) & Kouké (3) are calculated separately.
Kouke (120) may also be a first name.
Kouke Demographics
Average Kouke Salary in
United States
$38,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kouke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kouke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻛﻪ) occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Koukè or Kouké. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouke? popularity and diffusion
Kouke is the 346,158th most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 6,894,556 people. The surname Kouke occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kouke reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kouke is also the 852,104th most frequent forename globally. It is borne by 120 people.
The last name is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 785 people, or 1 in 13,166. In Benin it is most common in: Zou Department, where 56 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 24 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 8 percent reside. Beside Benin Kouke is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent reside and Japan, where 5 percent reside.
Kouke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kouke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kouke surname expanded 575 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kouke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kouke last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.
Kouke earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.19% less than the national average, earning $38,750 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kouke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kouke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻛﻪ | kwkh | 80.65 |
| ﻛﻮﻙ | kwk | 12.9 |
| ﻛﻮﻛﻮ | kwkw | 3.23 |
| ﻛﻮﻛﺔ | kwkt | 3.23 |
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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 Kouke
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