Goudjou Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Goudjou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 164 | 1:126,641 | 14,369 |
| Benin | 35 | 1:295,303 | 24,440 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Goudjou (13) may also be a first name.
Goudjou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goudjou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goudjou is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goudjou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,092,155th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. The surname Goudjou occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Goudjou reside; 71 percent reside in Central Africa and 71 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 13 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 126,641. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent reside, Centre Region, where 35 percent reside and West Region, where 13 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 16 percent reside and Niger, where 9 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 Goudjou
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