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
The last name Godoum is found most in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Godoum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,017,195th most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Godoum occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Godoum are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Godoum is also the 1,024,927th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 87 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 506,563. In Cameroon Godoum is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 76 percent are found and North Region, where 24 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The Congo, where 2 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 Godoum
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