Kouwa Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Kouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| Niger | 52 | 1:369,077 | 10,509 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Kouwa (188) may also be a first name.
Kouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kouwa is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Kouwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 928,396th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 25,660,373 people. The last name Kouwa is primarily found in Africa, where 62 percent of Kouwa reside; 39 percent reside in Central Africa and 38 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kouwa is also the 663,277th most common given name worldwide. It is borne by 188 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 324,517. In Cameroon Kouwa is most common in: Littoral Region, where 39 percent reside, Centre Region, where 27 percent reside and West Region, where 19 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Kouwa is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 18 percent reside and Indonesia, where 18 percent reside.
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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 Kouwa
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