Gouji Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Gouji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 40 | 1:479,800 | 12,724 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Gouji (641) may also be a first name.
Gouji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gouji is more frequently found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gouji click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gouji is the 2,580,327th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name Gouji occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gouji are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 328,586th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 641 people.
The surname is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 479,800. In Niger Gouji is most numerous in: Maradi Region, where 93 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 5 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Niger it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 25 percent reside and Sierra Leone, where 2 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 Gouji
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