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
Gouabou occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouabou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 993,593rd most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. Gouabou is mostly 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 held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 106,082. In Burkina Faso it is most prevalent in: Centre-Sud Region, where 83 percent are found and Centre Region, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Burkina Faso this surname exists 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
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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 Gouabou
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