Kouyam Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Kouyam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 88 | 1:236,012 | 23,423 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Kouyam (60) may also be a first name.
Kouyam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouyam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kouyam is found most in Cameroon. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouyam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,894,523rd most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kouyam live; 91 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kouyam is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently used first name globally, borne by 60 people.
Kouyam is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 236,012. In Cameroon Kouyam is primarily concentrated in: West Region, where 65 percent are found, Centre Region, where 18 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 11 percent are found. Other than Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 7 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Kouyam
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