Gagoum Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Gagoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 147 | 1:141,286 | 15,748 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Gagoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gagoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gagoum is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gagoum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gagoum is the 1,391,595th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gagoum reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 141,286. In Cameroon Gagoum is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 44 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 35 percent reside and West Region, where 18 percent reside. Besides Cameroon Gagoum is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 6 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Gagoum
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