Gouelou Surname
Approximately 409 people bear this surname
Gouelou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 391 | 1:59,006 | 3,475 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gouelou (638) may also be a first name.
Gouelou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouelou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gouelou is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Gouelou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouelou? popularity and diffusion
Gouelou is the 714,947th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 17,817,961 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Gouelou live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Mande Africa. Gouelou is also the 329,390th most widely held forename globally, held by 638 people.
The surname is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 391 people, or 1 in 59,006. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 89 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 6 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 3 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
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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 Gouelou
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