Gogon Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Gogon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 160 | 1:144,195 | 6,801 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Gogoń (2) are calculated separately.
Gogon (856) may also be a first name.
Gogon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gogon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gogon (Russian: Гогон, Tibetan: དགོ་སྒོན་) is more frequently found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Gogoń. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gogon? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 914,967th most widespread surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. The surname Gogon is predominantly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Gogon live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 34 percent live in Mande Africa. Gogon is also the 278,400th most numerous forename world-wide, borne by 856 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 144,195. In The Ivory Coast Gogon is mostly concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 59 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 36 percent are found and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 3 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 16 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.
Gogon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gogon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gogon last name declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gogon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gogon in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགོ་སྒོན་ | gogön | - |
| Gogon in the Russian language | ||
| Гогон | gogon | - |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gogon
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