Koumé Surname
Approximately 351 people bear this surname
Koumé Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 342 | 1:11,973 | 1,183 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Koume (4,141) are calculated separately.
Koumé Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koumé Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koumé is found most in Mauritania. It may also appear as a variant: Koume. For other possible spellings of Koumé click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koumé? popularity and diffusion
Koumé is the 799,576th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,762,239 people. The surname Koumé occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Koumé reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 342 people, or 1 in 11,973. In Mauritania Koumé is most numerous in: Brakna Region, where 33 percent live, Guidimagha Region, where 26 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 15 percent live. Besides Mauritania it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 1 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Koumé
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