Koyou Surname
Approximately 333 people bear this surname
Koyou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 213 | 1:97,507 | 11,577 |
| Liberia | 46 | 1:95,838 | 7,727 |
| Malaysia | 44 | 1:670,323 | 31,889 |
| Ivory Coast | 25 | 1:922,849 | 23,346 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Koyou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koyou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koyou is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koyou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 830,559th most common family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 21,884,522 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Koyou reside; 64 percent reside in Central Africa and 62 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 213 people, or 1 in 97,507. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: West Region, where 39 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 34 percent are found and Centre Region, where 23 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 14 percent are found and Malaysia, where 13 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 Koyou
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