Goudoum Surname
Approximately 529 people bear this surname
Goudoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 509 | 1:40,804 | 5,443 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
Goudoum (153) may also be a first name.
Goudoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goudoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goudoum is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Goudoum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 590,101st most common last name on earth, held by around 1 in 13,776,079 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Goudoum reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Goudoum is also the 743,570th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 153 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 509 people, or 1 in 40,804. In Cameroon Goudoum is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 71 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 14 percent reside and Centre Region, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent reside and Chad, where 2 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
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