Gouay Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Gouay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 60 | 1:1,107,045 | 119,335 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gouay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gouay occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,436,415th most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Gouay live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Gouay is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 1,107,045. In France Gouay is most common in: Normandy, where 62 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 18 percent are found and Grand Est, where 13 percent are found. Beside France this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 2 percent are found and Tunisia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Gouay
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