Gokounous Surname

691,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 428 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Gokounous Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gokounous Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo4201:17,2575,159
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Gokounous Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gokounous Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gokounous is found in Togo more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gokounous click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gokounous? popularity and diffusion

Gokounous is the 691,116th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 17,026,976 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gokounous are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Gokounous is most prevalent in Togo, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Besides Togo this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

Gokounous Last Name Statistics demography

Gokounous earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.76% less than the national average, earning $36,781 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gokounou943/
Gokonou882/
Gokono801/
Okunus801/
Okonus801/
Ngakounou783/
Gokouna7538/
Okunuse7510/
Ngokono759/
Gokanou752/
Gokongo751/
Ngokouna716/
Okonoise715/
Akonnous711/
Goukanou711/
Gakono67470/
Gakunu6718/
Gokona6713/
Okonosova679/
Okanos676/
Okunas675/
Goukounie671/
Gakuno671/
Gokano671/
Gokuna671/

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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
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  • 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 Gokounous
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