Gongue Surname
Approximately 392 people bear this surname
Gongue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 348 | 1:29,700 | 3,915 |
| Ivory Coast | 33 | 1:699,128 | 19,606 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gongue (362) may also be a first name.
Gongue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gongue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gongue is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gongue? popularity and diffusion
Gongue is the 737,137th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,590,678 people. Gongue is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gongue are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gongue is also the 457,558th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 362 people.
This last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 348 people, or 1 in 29,700. In Benin Gongue is primarily found in: Borgou Department, where 87 percent live, Atakora Department, where 11 percent live and Alibori Department, where 2 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 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
- 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 Gongue
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