Gouffan Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Gouffan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gouffan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouffan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gouffan is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gouffan.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouffan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gouffan reside; 75 percent reside in Central Africa and 75 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 100 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 25 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 Gouffan
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