Kouyan Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Kouyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 60 | 1:1,279,709 | 53,896 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Kouyan (19) may also be a first name.
Kouyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kouyan is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,061,309th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Kouyan reside; 72 percent reside in South Asia and 72 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently used first name internationally, held by 19 people.
It is most frequent in Iran, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 1,279,709. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Fars Province, where 65 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 33 percent are found and Khuzestan Province, where 2 percent are found. Besides Iran this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 17 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 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
- 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 Kouyan
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