Gouany Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Gouany Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 27 | 1:679,707 | 8,167 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Gouany Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouany Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gouany is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouany? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gouany are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Mande Africa.
Gouany is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 679,707. In Burkina Faso it is primarily found in: Centre-Est Region, where 41 percent reside, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 41 percent reside and Centre Region, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Burkina Faso Gouany occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent reside and The Congo, where 3 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
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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 Gouany
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