Gansou Surname
Approximately 988 people bear this surname
Gansou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 969 | 1:10,666 | 1,474 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Gansou (29) may also be a first name.
Gansou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gansou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gansou occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gansou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gansou is the 365,146th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 7,376,059 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gansou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most widespread given name world-wide, held by 29 people.
The surname Gansou is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 969 people, or 1 in 10,666. In Benin Gansou is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 55 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 21 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 12 percent are found. Other than Benin this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent are found and France, where 0 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 Gansou
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