Gokou Surname
Approximately 1,858 people bear this surname
Gokou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,622 | 1:14,224 | 1,130 |
| Benin | 206 | 1:50,173 | 6,324 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Gokou (926) may also be a first name.
Gokou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gokou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gokou occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gokou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 219,953rd most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,922,253 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Gokou live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gokou is also the 265,988th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 926 people.
The surname Gokou is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 1,622 people, or 1 in 14,224. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly found in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 42 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 31 percent live and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 11 percent live and France, where 1 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
- 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 Gokou
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