Kouskous Surname

417,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 833 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Kouskous Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kouskous Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco7161:48,1517,863
France931:714,22389,679
Algeria71:5,518,79351,529
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kouskous (15) may also be a first name.

Kouskous Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kouskous Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kouskous is most common in Morocco. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kouskous? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 417,348th most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,748,555 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Kouskous are found; 87 percent are found in North Africa and 87 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 15 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is carried by 716 people, or 1 in 48,151. Beside Morocco this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 11 percent reside and Algeria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kouskouss949/
Kouskos9379/
Koskous931/
Gkouskos88438/
Kouscous881/
Koutskos881/
Koskos86471/
Kuskus86422/
Kuskos868/
Kaskous8014/
Kotskos807/
Kuskaus802/
Kouskas801/
Kuskush801/
Kutskos801/
Couscous75259/
Koshkosh7587/
Kushkush7517/
Khaskous751/
Kouzkouz751/
Koskosse751/
Koeskoes751/
Koskas711,676/
Kuscus71157/
Kaskos718/
Koskosova715/
Koçkos712/
Kuscos711/
Kaskosz6751/
Kauskas6710/
Khoshkhosh677/
Couscos677/
Kaskoos671/
Kouyshkash671/
Kaskuis670/

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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 Kouskous
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