Godoum Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Godoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Godoum (87) may also be a first name.
Godoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Godoum is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Godoum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Godoum occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Godoum reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 87 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 506,563. In Cameroon Godoum is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 76 percent reside and North Region, where 24 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Congo, where 2 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
- 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 Godoum
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