Kouyata Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Kouyata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 26 | 1:397,523 | 29,143 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
The alternate forms: Kouyatã (1) are calculated separately.
Kouyata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouyata Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kouyata is most common in Benin. It can also occur as: Kouyatã. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kouyata.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouyata? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kouyata is the 3,602,217th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Kouyata occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kouyata reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 397,523. In Benin Kouyata is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 92 percent reside, Atakora Department, where 4 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 4 percent reside. Besides Benin Kouyata exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent reside and Liberia, where 3 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
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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 Kouyata
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