Koumay Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Koumay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Koumay (14) may also be a first name.
Koumay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koumay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koumay is found most in Cameroon. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koumay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koumay is the 3,323,005th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Koumay is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Koumay live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Koumay is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name on earth, held by 14 people.
Koumay is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 610,855. In Cameroon Koumay is primarily concentrated in: North Region, where 53 percent live, Far North Region, where 41 percent live and Littoral Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Chad, where 3 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 Koumay
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