Gouja Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Gouja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 36 | 1:533,112 | 13,750 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Tunisia | 26 | 1:23,486 | 3,642 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Gouja (26) may also be a first name.
Gouja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gouja is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,691,963rd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Gouja are found; 38 percent are found in West Africa and 31 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently occurring given name in the world, held by 26 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Niger, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 533,112. In Niger Gouja is most prevalent in: Zinder Region, where 78 percent reside, Agadez Region, where 14 percent reside and Diffa Region, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Niger this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in France, where 28 percent reside and Tunisia, where 22 percent reside.
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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 Gouja
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