Goumai Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Goumai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 71 | 1:292,522 | 27,501 |
| Niger | 69 | 1:278,145 | 8,561 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
The alternate forms: Goumaï (3) are calculated separately.
Goumai (72) may also be a first name.
Goumai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goumai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goumai is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Goumaï. Click here for further potential spellings of Goumai.
How Common Is The Last Name Goumai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,478,479th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Goumai reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most frequently used given name worldwide It is held by 72 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 292,522. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: North Region, where 58 percent are found, Far North Region, where 39 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 48 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Goumai
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