Kouchi

Kouchi Meaning & Origin

About Kouchi
The surname Kouchi is of Japanese origin and is written as "河内" in kanji characters. It is a locational surname derived from the name of an ancient province in Japan called Kōchi. The name Kōchi means "inner river" or "within the river" in Japanese, referring to the area's geographical location. People with the surname Kouchi are likely to have ancestral ties to the Kōchi province or have adopted the name as a surname.

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Popularity

Surname Popularity by Ethnicity

The surname Kouchi is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:

  • Number of People with the name Kouchi: 114
  • Overall Popularity: Less than 0.01% (a rare surname)
  • Ranking: 145,220
  • Frequency per 100k people: 0.04

Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Kouchi based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.

Ranking information for the surname Kouchi is not currently available.

Pronunciation

📇 Metaphone
KX
🗽 NYSIIS
CA
🔊 Soundex
K020
🎵 Syllabic Pronunciation
K UW0 CH OW1
🌐 IPA
/kouchi*/
🔊 Double Metaphone
('KX', 'KK')
🈯 Cross-Lingual Phonetic
K200

Accessibility & Communication

How to write the name Kouchi in Braille

Here's how to represent Kouchi in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.

The name Kouchi in braille

How to sign the name Kouchi using Sign Language

The image below shows how you can spell Kouchi using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.

The name Kouchi in sign language

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