Gouele Surname
Approximately 636 people bear this surname
Gouele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 542 | 1:42,567 | 2,740 |
| Congo | 57 | 1:87,528 | 7,379 |
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
The alternate forms: Gouélé (1) are calculated separately.
Gouele (320) may also be a first name.
Gouele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gouele occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Gouélé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouele? popularity and diffusion
Gouele is the 513,430th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,458,406 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Gouele reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gouele is also the 490,671st most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 320 people.
It is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 542 people, or 1 in 42,567. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 56 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 17 percent are found and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 13 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 9 percent are found and Benin, where 3 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
- 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 Gouele
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