Gouanou Surname
Approximately 3,654 people bear this surname
Gouanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 3,631 | 1:6,354 | 571 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gouanou (1,575) may also be a first name.
Gouanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gouanou is found most in The Ivory Coast. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouanou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gouanou is the 124,716th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,994,402 people. The surname Gouanou is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Gouanou reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Mande Africa. Gouanou is also the 194,984th most commonly occurring forename internationally, held by 1,575 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 3,631 people, or 1 in 6,354. In The Ivory Coast Gouanou is primarily concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 83 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 7 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 5 percent reside. Aside from The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 0 percent reside and Benin, where 0 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 Gouanou
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