Gohou Surname
Approximately 3,983 people bear this surname
Gohou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 3,829 | 1:6,025 | 550 |
| Benin | 122 | 1:84,718 | 9,949 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gohou (2,666) may also be a first name.
Gohou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gohou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gohou is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gohou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 115,852nd most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,829,663 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Gohou are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 142,011th most numerous given name world-wide, borne by 2,666 people.
Gohou is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 3,829 people, or 1 in 6,025. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 41 percent reside, Gôh-Djiboua District, where 21 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast Gohou is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 3 percent reside and France, where 0 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
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- 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
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