Koumai Surname
Approximately 2,788 people bear this surname
Koumai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,308 | 1:15,878 | 2,163 |
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| Benin | 487 | 1:21,223 | 2,843 |
| Japan | 30 | 1:4,261,476 | 37,285 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Koumaï (1,631) & Koumaî (23) are calculated separately.
Koumai (315) may also be a first name.
Koumai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koumai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koumai is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also appear as: Koumaï or Koumaî. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koumai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 156,952nd most widely held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,613,897 people. The last name Koumai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Koumai reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 494,917th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 315 people.
Koumai is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,308 people, or 1 in 15,878. In Cameroon Koumai is primarily concentrated in: North Region, where 52 percent are found, Far North Region, where 37 percent are found and Centre Region, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 34 percent are found and Benin, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Koumai
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