Gouala Surname
Approximately 1,082 people bear this surname
Gouala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 482 | 1:10,351 | 1,411 |
| Algeria | 307 | 1:125,836 | 17,409 |
| India | 124 | 1:6,186,011 | 143,436 |
| France | 75 | 1:885,636 | 103,228 |
| Niger | 44 | 1:436,182 | 11,913 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Gouala (49) may also be a first name.
Gouala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gouala (Bengali: গোয়ালা, Oriya: ଗୁଆଲା) is found in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gouala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gouala is the 339,783rd most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,735,255 people. The last name Gouala occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Gouala reside; 47 percent reside in Central Africa and 46 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Gouala is also the 1,430,306th most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 49 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The Congo, where it is held by 482 people, or 1 in 10,351. In The Congo Gouala is most frequent in: Brazzaville Department, where 95 percent reside, Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 2 percent reside and Cuvette Department, where 1 percent reside. Other than The Congo Gouala occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 28 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gouala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gouala in the Bengali language | ||
| গোয়ালা | goyala | - |
| Gouala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗୁଆଲା | gu'ala | - |
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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 Gouala
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