Koumbou Surname
Approximately 713 people bear this surname
Koumbou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 612 | 1:8,152 | 1,206 |
| Cameroon | 73 | 1:284,508 | 26,965 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Koumbou (15,825) may also be a first name.
Koumbou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koumbou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koumbou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻣﺒﻮﺍ) is held by more people in The Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koumbou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 470,770th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,220,962 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Koumbou live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 88 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 44,752nd most common first name globally. It is borne by 15,825 people.
Koumbou is most prevalent in The Congo, where it is held by 612 people, or 1 in 8,152. In The Congo it is mostly found in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 75 percent live, Brazzaville Department, where 23 percent live and Bouenza Department, where 1 percent live. Outside of The Congo it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koumbou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koumbou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻣﺒﻮﺍ | kwmbwa | - |
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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 Koumbou
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