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
Gawou is borne by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gawou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 452,102nd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 9,703,790 people. The last name Gawou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gawou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Togo, where it is carried by 735 people, or 1 in 9,861. Outside of Togo this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Gawou
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