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
The surname Goufane is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goufane? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,273,756th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Goufane occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Goufane are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon Goufane is most frequent in: North Region, where 36 percent live, Centre Region, where 30 percent live and Littoral Region, where 30 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 44 percent live and Morocco, where 6 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
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Goufane
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