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
Gohou is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gohou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 115,852nd most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,829,663 people. The surname Gohou occurs predominantly 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 frequently used first name at a global level, held by 2,666 people.
This surname is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 3,829 people, or 1 in 6,025. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Montagnes District, where 41 percent are found, Gôh-Djiboua District, where 21 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast Gohou is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 3 percent are found and France, where 0 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 Gohou
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