Gouai Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Gouai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 46 | 1:501,549 | 15,911 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gouai (22) may also be a first name.
Gouai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gouai is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gouai is the 2,220,661st most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname Gouai occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 30 percent of Gouai are found; 30 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 30 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Gouai is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 22 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 501,549. In The Ivory Coast Gouai is most prevalent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 65 percent live, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 26 percent live and Montagnes District, where 7 percent live. Barring The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and Indonesia, where 14 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 Gouai
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