Gouffane Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Gouffane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gouffane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouffane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gouffane has its highest incidence in Niger. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouffane? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gouffane are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Niger, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,132,446. In Niger Gouffane is most common in: Tahoua Region, where 67 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 22 percent live and Niamey Capital District, where 11 percent live. Apart from Niger Gouffane exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 10 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 Gouffane
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