Gougbe Surname
Approximately 869 people bear this surname
Gougbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 860 | 1:12,018 | 1,647 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Gougbé (1) are calculated separately.
Gougbe (344) may also be a first name.
Gougbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gougbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gougbe is most common in Benin. It can occur in the variant forms: Gougbé. For other possible spellings of Gougbe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gougbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gougbe is the 403,615th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 8,386,129 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gougbe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 470,492nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 344 people.
The surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 860 people, or 1 in 12,018. In Benin it is most frequent in: Ouémé Department, where 38 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 29 percent are found and Zou Department, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Benin Gougbe occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Gougbe
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