Gouan Surname
Approximately 866 people bear this surname
Gouan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 808 | 1:28,554 | 1,974 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Gouan (462) may also be a first name.
Gouan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gouan (Russian: Гоуан) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gouan is the 404,712th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,415,180 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Gouan reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 396,762nd most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 462 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 808 people, or 1 in 28,554. In The Ivory Coast Gouan is most numerous in: Montagnes District, where 65 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 17 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in France, where 5 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 1 percent are found.
Gouan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gouan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gouan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gouan in the Russian language | ||
| Гоуан | gouan | - |
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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 Gouan
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