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 surname Gokon is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gokon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gokon is the 432,326th most common surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 9,155,208 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Gokon reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 832,731st most prevalent given name internationally, borne by 125 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 785 people, or 1 in 29,390. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 82 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 16 percent reside and Comoé District, where 1 percent reside. Excluding The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 1 percent reside and The United States, 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
- 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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