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
Kouyata has its highest incidence in Benin. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Kouyatã. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouyata? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Kouyata is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kouyata live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Kouyata is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 397,523. In Benin Kouyata is primarily concentrated in: Donga Department, where 92 percent are found, Atakora Department, where 4 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 4 percent are found. Not including Benin it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent are found and Liberia, where 3 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 Kouyata
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