Kouwai Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Kouwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Kouwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kouwai is most common in Cameroon. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kouwai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouwai? popularity and diffusion
Kouwai is the 8,193,072nd most widespread surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Kouwai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kouwai reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 50 percent live, Littoral Region, where 25 percent live and North Region, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 20 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 Kouwai
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