Nkouye Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Nkouye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Nkouye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkouye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkouye is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkouye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkouye live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: East Region, where 33 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 33 percent are found and South Region, where 33 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Senegal, where 25 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
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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 Nkouye
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