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) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gobou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 542,751st most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,330,873 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Gobou live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 76,886th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 7,097 people.
The surname is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 414 people, or 1 in 55,728. In The Ivory Coast Gobou is primarily found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 41 percent reside, Lagunes District, where 29 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 23 percent reside. Excluding The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 12 percent reside and Malaysia, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gobou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gobou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺑﻮ | kwbw | - |
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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 Gobou
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