Gohoun Surname
Approximately 1,704 people bear this surname
Gohoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 996 | 1:10,377 | 1,435 |
| Ivory Coast | 697 | 1:33,101 | 2,214 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Gohoun (314) may also be a first name.
Gohoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gohoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gohoun is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gohoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 235,986th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,276,729 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Gohoun live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gohoun is also the 495,703rd most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 314 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 996 people, or 1 in 10,377. In Benin Gohoun is mostly found in: Atlantique Department, where 36 percent live, Zou Department, where 33 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 15 percent live. Other than Benin it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 41 percent live and Senegal, where 0 percent live.
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gohoun
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