Gongou Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Gongou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gongou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gongou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gongou occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gongou? popularity and diffusion
Gongou is the 4,649,889th most widespread last name on earth, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Gongou live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,476,515. In Benin Gongou is primarily found in: Alibori Department, where 100 percent live. Other than Benin it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 39 percent live and Taiwan, where 11 percent live.
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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 Gongou
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