Gouah Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Gouah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 106 | 1:195,935 | 20,315 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
Gouah (22) may also be a first name.
Gouah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gouah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮﺍﻩ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouah? popularity and diffusion
Gouah is the 1,484,726th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Gouah live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent forename globally, held by 22 people.
This surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 195,935. In Cameroon Gouah is most common in: Adamawa Region, where 60 percent are found, East Region, where 20 percent are found and Centre Region, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent are found and Liberia, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gouah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gouah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮﺍﻩ | akwah | 50 |
| ﺃﻛﻮﺍﻩ | akwah | 50 |
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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 Gouah
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