Gougouh Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Gougouh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 30 | 1:136,495 | 7,782 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gougouh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gougouh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gougouh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﺟﻮﻩ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gougouh? popularity and diffusion
Gougouh is the 3,543,123rd most widespread surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. Gougouh occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gougouh reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 136,495. In Mauritania it is most common in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Mauritania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gougouh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gougouh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻮﺟﻮﻩ | jwjwh | - |
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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 Gougouh
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