Gawou Surname
Approximately 751 people bear this surname
Gawou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
Gawou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gawou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gawou occurs in Togo more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gawou.
How Common Is The Last Name Gawou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 452,102nd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,703,790 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gawou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Togo, where it is held by 735 people, or 1 in 9,861. Barring Togo it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Gawou
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