Koumaye Surname
Approximately 1,485 people bear this surname
Koumaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1,348 | 1:10,083 | 1,325 |
| Cameroon | 105 | 1:197,801 | 20,464 |
| Niger | 28 | 1:685,429 | 16,503 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Koumaye (780) may also be a first name.
Koumaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koumaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koumaye has its highest incidence in Chad. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Koumaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 263,749th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,907,438 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Koumaye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 293,794th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 780 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Chad, where it is carried by 1,348 people, or 1 in 10,083. Not including Chad this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Koumaye
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