Nkouya Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Nkouya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 106 | 1:195,935 | 20,315 |
| Congo | 71 | 1:70,269 | 6,097 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Nkouya (17) may also be a first name.
Nkouya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkouya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkouya is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkouya? popularity and diffusion
Nkouya is the 1,281,391st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkouya reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 76 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 17 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 195,935. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: East Region, where 41 percent reside, West Region, where 28 percent reside and Centre Region, where 27 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 40 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nkouya
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