Gakoua Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Gakoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gakoua (12) may also be a first name.
Gakoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gakoua is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakoua? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,746,821st most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 36 percent of Gakoua are found; 36 percent are found in West Africa and 32 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Gakoua is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name at a global level, held by 12 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 720,976. In The Ivory Coast Gakoua is primarily found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 100 percent are found. Aside from The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 30 percent are found and Benin, where 4 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 Gakoua
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