Gontou Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Gontou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Gontou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gontou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gontou is found most in Niger. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gontou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Gontou occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Gontou live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The last name Gontou is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 3,198,670. In Niger Gontou is most frequent in: Tahoua Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Niger this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Greece, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Gontou
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