Gahoun Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Gahoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 96 | 1:240,325 | 9,685 |
| Benin | 27 | 1:382,800 | 28,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gahoun (50) may also be a first name.
Gahoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gahoun is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Gahoun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahoun? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,620,164th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Gahoun live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most prevalent forename on earth It is held by 50 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 240,325. In The Ivory Coast Gahoun is most numerous in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 41 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 33 percent reside and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 16 percent reside. Beside The Ivory Coast Gahoun occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 22 percent reside and The United States, 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 Gahoun
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