Kouleye Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Kouleye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 65 | 1:354,942 | 12,641 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Kouleye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouleye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kouleye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻟﻲ) is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouleye? popularity and diffusion
Kouleye is the 2,273,756th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kouleye are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Kouleye is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 354,942. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Montagnes District, where 97 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 2 percent are found and Lagunes District, where 2 percent are found. Beside The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent are found and Mauritania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kouleye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kouleye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻟﻲ | kwly | - |
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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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- 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 Kouleye
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