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
The last name Gahoun is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,620,164th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. This surname is predominantly found 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 frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 50 people.
Gahoun is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 240,325. In The Ivory Coast Gahoun is primarily concentrated in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 41 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 33 percent are found and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 16 percent are found. Apart from The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Gahoun
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