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 borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gohou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 115,852nd most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,829,663 people. The surname Gohou occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Gohou live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gohou is also the 142,011th most commonly used first name globally, held by 2,666 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 3,829 people, or 1 in 6,025. In The Ivory Coast Gohou is most prevalent 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. Not including The Ivory Coast this surname occurs 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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