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
Gougouh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﺟﻮﻩ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gougouh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. Gougouh occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gougouh live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 136,495. In Mauritania Gougouh is most common in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 100 percent reside. Beside Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
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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