Gnakoua Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Gnakoua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gnakoua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast3001:76,9044,228
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Gnakoua (43) may also be a first name.

Gnakoua Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gnakoua Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gnakoua occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gnakoua? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 891,661st most numerous last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Gnakoua reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most commonly used forename worldwide, borne by 43 people.

The surname is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 300 people, or 1 in 76,904. In The Ivory Coast Gnakoua is mostly found in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 39 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 35 percent are found and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast it is found in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gnackoua931/
Ngnakoua931/
Gnakoa9263/
Gnokoua8671/
Gnakouo8654/
Gnakoat867/
Gnakoui861/
Gnakouui801/
Gnakouho801/
Ngnakouo801/
Gnakoe779/
Gnokoa779/
Gnakouehe751/
Gnakoye7120/
Gnakohi7111/
Gnokoui711/
Gnokouei671/
Ngnoukaho631/
Gnasskaye631/
Gnokoe623/
Gnokohi572/
Ngnoukoho501/

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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 Gnakoua
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