Koulai Surname
Approximately 6,612 people bear this surname
Koulai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 6,561 | 1:3,516 | 339 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Koulaï (2) are calculated separately.
Koulai (1,474) may also be a first name.
Koulai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koulai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koulai occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Koulaï. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koulai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Koulai is the 74,335th most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,102,170 people. Koulai is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Koulai reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 202,756th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 1,474 people.
The last name is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 6,561 people, or 1 in 3,516. In The Ivory Coast Koulai is most common in: Montagnes District, where 73 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 13 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 5 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.
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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 Koulai
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