Gomou Surname
Approximately 3,408 people bear this surname
Gomou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 3,363 | 1:3,519 | 189 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gomou (23) may also be a first name.
Gomou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gomou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gomou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻣﻮ) is found in Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gomou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 132,451st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,138,364 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gomou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used given name at a global level, borne by 23 people.
This last name is most widely held in Guinea, where it is borne by 3,363 people, or 1 in 3,519. In Guinea it is most common in: Nzérékoré Region, where 58 percent live, Kindia Region, where 14 percent live and Kankan Region, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Guinea this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gomou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gomou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻣﻮ | kwmw | - |
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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 Gomou
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