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
Gokou is more frequently found in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gokou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 219,953rd most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,922,253 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Gokou reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gokou is also the 265,988th most common first name at a global level, held by 926 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 1,622 people, or 1 in 14,224. In The Ivory Coast Gokou is mostly concentrated in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 42 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 31 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 14 percent reside. Aside from The Ivory Coast it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 11 percent reside and France, where 1 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 Gokou
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