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
Gogon (Russian: Гогон, Tibetan: དགོ་སྒོན་) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Gogoń. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gogon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 914,967th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Gogon reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 34 percent reside in Mande Africa. Gogon is also the 278,400th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 856 people.
The surname Gogon is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 144,195. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent 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. Beside The Ivory Coast it is found 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 prevalency of Gogon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gogon surname fell 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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- 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 Gogon
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