Kouve Surname
Approximately 757 people bear this surname
Kouve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 730 | 1:28,451 | 3,855 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kouve (913) may also be a first name.
Kouve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouve Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kouve (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻑ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Kouve click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouve? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kouve is the 449,465th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 9,626,877 people. The last name Kouve occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kouve are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 268,345th most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 913 people.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 730 people, or 1 in 28,451. In Cameroon Kouve is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 95 percent are found, North Region, where 3 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and Mauritania, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kouve Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kouve in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻑ | kwf | - |
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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 Kouve
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