Gokon Surname
Approximately 796 people bear this surname
Gokon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 785 | 1:29,390 | 2,017 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Gokon (125) may also be a first name.
Gokon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gokon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gokon is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gokon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 432,326th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 9,155,208 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Gokon are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 832,731st most common first name throughout the world, borne by 125 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 785 people, or 1 in 29,390. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 82 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 16 percent are found and Comoé District, where 1 percent are found. Outside of The Ivory Coast it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 1 percent are found and The United States, 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 Gokon
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