Gouama Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Gouama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 140 | 1:35,636 | 3,457 |
| Ivory Coast | 28 | 1:823,973 | 21,823 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gouama (162) may also be a first name.
Gouama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gouama occurs most in The Congo. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,252,959th most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gouama reside; 78 percent reside in Central Africa and 77 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Gouama is also the 720,105th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 162 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The Congo, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 35,636. In The Congo it is mostly concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 89 percent reside, Bouenza Department, where 6 percent reside and Cuvette Department, where 3 percent reside. Beside The Congo Gouama exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 15 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Gouama
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