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 most common in The Congo. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 339,783rd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 6,735,255 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Gouala live; 47 percent live in Central Africa and 46 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Gouala is also the 1,430,306th most frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 49 people.
The last name Gouala is most widely held in The Congo, where it is borne by 482 people, or 1 in 10,351. In The Congo it is primarily found in: Brazzaville Department, where 95 percent are found, Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 2 percent are found and Cuvette Department, where 1 percent are found. Beside The Congo it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 28 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.
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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- 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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