Gankoun Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Gankoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 35 | 1:659,178 | 18,915 |
| Benin | 25 | 1:413,424 | 29,829 |
Gankoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gankoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gankoun is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gankoun.
How Common Is The Last Name Gankoun? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,483,783rd most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. Gankoun occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Gankoun live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Mande Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 659,178. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 86 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 14 percent live. Beside The Ivory Coast Gankoun exists in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 42 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 Gankoun
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