Nkoua Surname

40,556th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,918 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Congo
Highest density in:
Congo

Nkoua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkoua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Congo11,9491:41858
Cameroon6351:32,7074,400
Gabon2021:9,3521,744
Benin1161:89,10010,389
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
France41:16,605,680368,153
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nkoua (519) may also be a first name.

Nkoua Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nkoua Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nkoua is held by more people in The Congo than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nkoua.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkoua? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 40,556th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 564,139 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkoua are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 370,800th most frequently held forename on earth, borne by 519 people.

Nkoua is most widely held in The Congo, where it is borne by 11,949 people, or 1 in 418. In The Congo Nkoua is most prevalent in: Lékoumou Department, where 27 percent reside, Brazzaville Department, where 24 percent reside and Plateaux Department, where 15 percent reside. Outside of The Congo this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent reside and Gabon, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nkouah9118/
Nkouai914/
Nkouha913/
Nkouad911/
Nkouaa911/
Nkoa899,309/
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N'Kouah832/
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Nkuah802,582/
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Nkoai8040/
Nkouy8028/
Nko'a8016/
Nkoui809/
N'Koa808/
Nkoha807/
Ngkoa807/
Nkuha806/
Nkoué806/
Nkgoa804/
Nkhoa803/
Nkaou803/
Nkoas801/
Nkoad801/
Nkaoa801/
Ncoua801/
Nkouei731,125/
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Nkouee73302/
Nkeuya73123/
Nkouoh73122/
Nkojoa7397/
Nkuyia7380/
Nkhuoa7351/
Nkuiya7324/
N'Koui7311/
Nkoyai7311/
N'Koué737/
Ngkuha735/
Nkouou733/
Nkouos732/
Nkouhe732/
Nkooha732/
Nkuuha732/
Nkouey731/
Nkuyai731/
Nkgooa731/
Nkauha731/
Nkoheu731/
Nkouyi731/
Nkouot731/
Nkajoa731/
Nkuija731/
N'Kouî731/
N'Kouo731/
Nkowea731/
Nkoe674,245/
N'Kouei673,290/
Nkao67311/
Nkeiyua67141/
Nkou'ou67100/
Nkae6797/
Nkouyee6719/
Ncoa6716/
Nkouhou679/
N'Koueî679/
Nkoueyi678/
N'Kouie673/
N'Kouéi672/
Nkouheu671/
Nkoue'e671/
N'Kouéï671/
N'Kouot671/
N'Kouey671/
Nqoa671/

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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 Nkoua
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