Goumey Surname
Approximately 913 people bear this surname
Goumey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 874 | 1:21,959 | 1,344 |
| Ivory Coast | 28 | 1:823,973 | 21,823 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Goumey (47) may also be a first name.
Goumey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goumey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goumey is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goumey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 388,475th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 7,981,978 people. Goumey is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Goumey live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most widely held forename on earth, held by 47 people.
The last name is most widespread in Niger, where it is carried by 874 people, or 1 in 21,959. In Niger Goumey is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 39 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 35 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 24 percent are found. Barring Niger this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 3 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 Goumey
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