Gobou Surname
Approximately 591 people bear this surname
Gobou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 414 | 1:55,728 | 3,344 |
| Benin | 72 | 1:143,550 | 15,098 |
| Malaysia | 41 | 1:719,371 | 33,828 |
| Burkina Faso | 38 | 1:482,950 | 6,794 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Gobou (7,097) may also be a first name.
Gobou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gobou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gobou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺑﻮ) is more frequently found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gobou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gobou is the 542,751st most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 12,330,873 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Gobou are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gobou is also the 76,886th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 7,097 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 414 people, or 1 in 55,728. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 41 percent live, Lagunes District, where 29 percent live and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 23 percent live. Not including The Ivory Coast Gobou exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 12 percent live and Malaysia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gobou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gobou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺑﻮ | kwbw | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Gobou
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis