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) has its highest incidence in Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gomou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 132,451st most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,138,364 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gomou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most common first name on earth It is held by 23 people.
The surname Gomou is most numerous in Guinea, where it is borne by 3,363 people, or 1 in 3,519. In Guinea Gomou is primarily found in: Nzérékoré Region, where 58 percent are found, Kindia Region, where 14 percent are found and Kankan Region, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Guinea it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.
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
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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 Gomou
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