Goufane Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Goufane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Niger | 31 | 1:619,097 | 15,317 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Goufane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goufane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goufane is found most in Cameroon. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goufane? popularity and diffusion
Goufane is the 2,273,756th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Goufane live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: North Region, where 36 percent reside, Centre Region, where 30 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 30 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 44 percent reside and Morocco, where 6 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
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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
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