Gagourou Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Gagourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
Gagourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gagourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gagourou is found most in Benin. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gagourou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,228,735th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. Gagourou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gagourou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Gagourou is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 516,780. In Benin Gagourou is most prevalent in: Atakora Department, where 65 percent live and Alibori Department, where 35 percent live. Excluding Benin this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 46 percent live.
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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 Gagourou
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