Gouam Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Gouam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Gouam (20) may also be a first name.
Gouam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gouam (Hindi: गौ़ाम, Marathi: गौतम) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gouam.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gouam is the 5,057,639th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gouam live; 73 percent live in Central Africa and 60 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 20 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 80 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 10 percent are found and Centre Region, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 27 percent are found and The Congo, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gouam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gouam in the Hindi language | ||
| गौ़ाम | gauama | - |
| Gouam in the Marathi language | ||
| गौतम | gautama | - |
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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 Gouam
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