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) has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 404,712th most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,415,180 people. The last name Gouan is mostly found 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 numerous given name internationally. It is borne by 462 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 808 people, or 1 in 28,554. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent 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. Apart from The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in France, where 5 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 1 percent are found.
Gouan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gouan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gouan last name fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 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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