Gouhounkpe Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Gouhounkpe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gouhounkpe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin231:449,37431,324
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gouhounkpe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gouhounkpe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gouhounkpe occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gouhounkpe? popularity and diffusion

Gouhounkpe is the 3,957,383rd most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gouhounkpe live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 449,374. In Benin Gouhounkpe is most frequent in: Atlantique Department, where 35 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 35 percent live and Zou Department, where 22 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 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
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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 Gouhounkpe
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