Gouagoua Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Gouagoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 62 | 1:372,117 | 13,068 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gouagoua (12) may also be a first name.
Gouagoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouagoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gouagoua is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gouagoua click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouagoua? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gouagoua is the 2,414,640th most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Gouagoua reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held forename at a global level, held by 12 people.
The surname is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 372,117. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 48 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 47 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 3 percent are found. Outside of The Ivory Coast this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngouangoua | 89 | 120 | / |
| Gouaigouai | 89 | 1 | / |
| Goagoa | 86 | 321 | / |
| Gouagouei | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ouagaou | 80 | 9 | / |
| Goangoa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngouangouo | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gouagouehe | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gaougaou | 75 | 811 | / |
| Kgoakgoa | 75 | 26 | / |
| Gouogouo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ouaghaous | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ouagao | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goagoe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngouogouo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngouongouo | 67 | 28 | / |
| Houagouhou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kgoakgoe | 63 | 15 | / |
| Ohaguhha | 63 | 1 | / |
| Gaogao | 57 | 197 | / |
| Ahogoua | 53 | 1 | / |
| Ahongoua | 50 | 2 | / |
| Gayaogao | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Gouagoua
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