Gaouna Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Gaouna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 102 | 1:203,618 | 20,947 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gaouna (314) may also be a first name.
Gaouna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaouna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaouna is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gaouna.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaouna? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,806,862nd most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gaouna live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Chadic Africa. Gaouna is also the 495,703rd most frequent forename in the world, borne by 314 people.
The surname Gaouna is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 203,618. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 88 percent live and North Region, where 11 percent live. Besides Cameroon Gaouna is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent live and Niger, where 1 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
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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 Gaouna
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