The Kouassi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 297 people carried this name — #66,553 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 188% from 103 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 132 people named Kouassi.
Most of them — 103 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
88 people named Kouassi live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 84 people named Kouassi live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
25 people named Kouassi is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Kouassi in American newspapers,
1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kouassi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Claude Kouassi 1952– · politician -
Denis Charles Kouassi 1960– -
Euphrasie Kouassi Yao 1964– · civil servant -
Brice Kouassi 1970– · politician -
Blaise Kouassi 1974– · association football coach
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 29 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kouassi.
- Kost 3,522 · U.S. census
- Koster 6,580 · U.S. census
- Kostic 759 · U.S. census
- Kostka 1,280 · U.S. census
- Kostrzewa 439 · U.S. census
- Kot 1,511 · U.S. census
- Kouba 1,443 · U.S. census
- Kouyate 344 · U.S. census
- Kouyoumdjian 275 · U.S. census
- Kovac 2,795 · U.S. census
- Kovacevic 1,256 · U.S. census
- Kovacic 975 · U.S. census
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