Kouye Surname
Approximately 1,377 people bear this surname
Kouye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 943 | 1:10,960 | 1,509 |
| Ivory Coast | 219 | 1:105,348 | 5,399 |
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Mauritania | 49 | 1:83,569 | 5,424 |
| Niger | 48 | 1:399,834 | 11,128 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kouye (161) may also be a first name.
Kouye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kouye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻳﻪ) is found most in Benin. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kouye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouye? popularity and diffusion
Kouye is the 280,464th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,292,335 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Kouye live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 722,635th most widely held first name globally, held by 161 people.
It is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 943 people, or 1 in 10,960. In Benin Kouye is most prevalent in: Littoral Department, where 26 percent reside, Zou Department, where 18 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 17 percent reside. Besides Benin this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 16 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kouye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kouye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻳﻪ | kwyh | 47.06 |
| ﻛﻮﻱ | kwy | 35.29 |
| ﺧﻮﻱ | khwy | 11.76 |
| ﻛﻮﻳﻰ | kwyy | 5.88 |
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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 Kouye
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