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 held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Goudjou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goudjou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Goudjou is the 1,092,155th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Goudjou reside; 71 percent reside in Central Africa and 71 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Goudjou is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 13 people.
Goudjou is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 164 people, or 1 in 126,641. In Cameroon Goudjou is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent are found, Centre Region, where 35 percent are found and West Region, where 13 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 16 percent are found and Niger, where 9 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 Goudjou
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