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
The last name Gagou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺎﻗﻮ) occurs in Togo more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gagou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 548,408th most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 12,500,079 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gagou reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gagou is also the 986,211th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 93 people.
The surname is most widespread in Togo, where it is held by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Not including Togo Gagou is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 9 percent are found and Niger, where 8 percent are found.
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
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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 Gagou
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