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
The last name Gouama occurs more in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gouama is the 1,252,959th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. The last name Gouama is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gouama are found; 78 percent are found in Central Africa and 77 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Gouama is also the 720,105th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 162 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The Congo, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 35,636. In The Congo Gouama is primarily concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 89 percent reside, Bouenza Department, where 6 percent reside and Cuvette Department, where 3 percent reside. Other than The Congo it 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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