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 or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gokon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gokon is the 432,326th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 9,155,208 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Gokon live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Mande Africa. Gokon is also the 832,731st most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 125 people.
The surname is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 785 people, or 1 in 29,390. In The Ivory Coast Gokon is mostly found 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. Excluding The Ivory Coast Gokon exists in 6 countries. It also occurs 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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