Gnaoue Surname
Approximately 2,131 people bear this surname
Gnaoue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 2,130 | 1:10,832 | 886 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Gnaoue (1,027) may also be a first name.
Gnaoue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnaoue Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gnaoue occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnaoue? popularity and diffusion
It is the 196,647th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,419,778 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Gnaoue are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 250,393rd most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 1,027 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 2,130 people, or 1 in 10,832. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 87 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 8 percent are found and Montagnes District, where 2 percent are found. Outside of The Ivory Coast this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Togo, where 0 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 Gnaoue
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