Gounabi Surname
Approximately 1,006 people bear this surname
Gounabi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 979 | 1:19,604 | 1,239 |
| Benin | 27 | 1:382,800 | 28,543 |
Gounabi (141) may also be a first name.
Gounabi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gounabi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gounabi is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gounabi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gounabi is the 360,039th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,244,081 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gounabi live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 778,371st most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 141 people.
This last name is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 979 people, or 1 in 19,604. In Niger Gounabi is most common in: Dosso Region, where 70 percent reside, Tillabéri Region, where 15 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 10 percent reside. Not including Niger this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 3 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 Gounabi
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