Gaouba Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Gaouba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Gaouba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaouba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaouba is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gaouba.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaouba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaouba live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 25 percent live in Mahgreb.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Gaouba is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 50 percent are found and North Region, where 50 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 25 percent are found and Benin, where 25 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 Gaouba
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