Gouabou Surname
Approximately 258 people bear this surname
Gouabou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 173 | 1:106,082 | 3,243 |
| Cameroon | 84 | 1:247,251 | 24,294 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Gouabou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouabou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gouabou is most common in Burkina Faso. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gouabou.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouabou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 993,593rd most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gouabou live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Gouabou is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 106,082. In Burkina Faso it is mostly found in: Centre-Sud Region, where 83 percent are found and Centre Region, where 17 percent are found. Besides Burkina Faso this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 33 percent are found and Benin, where 0 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 Gouabou
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