Kouyaté is a surname common in Senegal, Guinea, Mali. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adama Kouyaté, Malian photographer
* Bassekou Kouyate, Malian musician
* Boubakar Kouyaté, Malian footballer
* Cheikhou Kouyaté, Senegalese footballer
* Kandia Kouyaté, Malian jelimuso (a female griot) and Kora (instrument), kora player
* Lansana Kouyaté, Prime Minister of Guinea from 2007 to 2008
* Mamadou Kouyaté, Malian footballer
* Moussa Kouyate, Malian kora player
* Moustapha Kouyaté, Guinean footballer
* Soriba Kouyaté, Senegalese kora player
* Sotigui Kouyaté, Malian-Burkinabé actor and footballer
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