Koute Surname
Approximately 737 people bear this surname
Koute Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 282 | 1:36,651 | 4,737 |
| Ivory Coast | 183 | 1:126,072 | 6,156 |
| Burkina Faso | 86 | 1:213,397 | 4,509 |
| Cameroon | 54 | 1:384,612 | 33,542 |
| Niger | 47 | 1:408,341 | 11,310 |
| Mauritania | 36 | 1:113,746 | 6,801 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
The alternate forms: Kouté (3) are calculated separately.
Koute (560) may also be a first name.
Koute Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koute Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koute (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺗﻪ, Marathi: कौते) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Kouté. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Koute? popularity and diffusion
Koute is the 458,583rd most widespread surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 9,888,122 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Koute are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Koute is also the 355,253rd most numerous given name internationally, borne by 560 people.
This surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 282 people, or 1 in 36,651. In Benin it is most numerous in: Kouffo Department, where 53 percent reside, Plateau Department, where 21 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koute Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koute in the Marathi language | ||
| कौते | kaute | 66.67 |
| कौटे | kaute | 16.67 |
| कोटे | kote | 16.67 |
| Koute in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺗﻪ | kwth | 54.55 |
| ﻛﻮﺗﻲ | kwty | 36.36 |
| ﻛﻮﺕ | kwt | 9.09 |
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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 Koute
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