Gakoue Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Gakoue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 86 | 1:268,270 | 10,467 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Burkina Faso | 13 | 1:1,411,700 | 12,072 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gakoué (2) are calculated separately.
Gakoue (16) may also be a first name.
Gakoue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakoue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gakoue is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Gakoué. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakoue? popularity and diffusion
Gakoue is the 1,453,389th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Gakoue are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gakoue is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 16 people.
The last name Gakoue is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 268,270. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 63 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 34 percent are found and Lagunes District, where 2 percent are found. Aside from The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 16 percent are found and Benin, where 11 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
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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 Gakoue
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