Gouedan Surname
Approximately 425 people bear this surname
Gouedan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 422 | 1:54,671 | 3,299 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Gouédan (1) are calculated separately.
Gouedan (142) may also be a first name.
Gouedan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouedan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gouedan is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Gouédan. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouedan? popularity and diffusion
Gouedan is the 694,796th most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 17,147,167 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 4 percent of Gouedan live; 4 percent live in West Africa and 4 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 775,413th most widespread first name globally, held by 142 people.
The surname Gouedan is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 422 people, or 1 in 54,671. In The Ivory Coast Gouedan is most common in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 96 percent reside, Lagunes District, where 3 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 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 Gouedan
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