Gouabe Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Gouabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 150 | 1:122,347 | 3,484 |
| Cameroon | 75 | 1:276,921 | 26,437 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Gouabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gouabe is found most in Burkina Faso. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Gouabe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouabe? popularity and diffusion
Gouabe is the 1,058,336th most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname Gouabe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gouabe are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Mande Africa.
Gouabe is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 122,347. In Burkina Faso Gouabe is most frequent in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 49 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 39 percent live and Centre Region, where 11 percent live. Excluding Burkina Faso Gouabe is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 32 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 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 Gouabe
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