Gagou Surname
Approximately 583 people bear this surname
Gagou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Benin | 53 | 1:195,011 | 18,621 |
| Niger | 48 | 1:399,834 | 11,128 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gagou (93) may also be a first name.
Gagou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gagou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gagou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺎﻗﻮ) occurs more in Togo more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gagou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 548,408th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 12,500,079 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gagou live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 986,211th most commonly occurring forename on earth It is held by 93 people.
This surname is most numerous in Togo, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Apart from Togo this last name is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 9 percent reside and Niger, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gagou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gagou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﺎﻗﻮ | jaqw | - |
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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 Gagou
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