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
The surname Koyou is found most in Cameroon. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koyou? popularity and diffusion
Koyou is the 830,559th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 21,884,522 people. The last name Koyou occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Koyou reside; 64 percent reside in Central Africa and 62 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 213 people, or 1 in 97,507. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: West Region, where 39 percent live, Littoral Region, where 34 percent live and Centre Region, where 23 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 14 percent live and Malaysia, where 13 percent live.
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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 Koyou
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