Gombou Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Gombou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Gombou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gombou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gombou is found most in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gombou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gombou is the 3,100,440th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Gombou are found; 40 percent are found in Central Africa and 38 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 1,221,710. In Cameroon Gombou is mostly found in: West Region, where 76 percent reside, East Region, where 12 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 38 percent reside and Benin, where 13 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 Gombou
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