Gounabou Surname
Approximately 929 people bear this surname
Gounabou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 924 | 1:19,862 | 1,378 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gounabou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gounabou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gounabou is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gounabou.
How Common Is The Last Name Gounabou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 383,038th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,844,506 people. Gounabou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gounabou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 924 people, or 1 in 19,862. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Sud Region, where 78 percent are found, Centre Region, where 21 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Burkina Faso Gounabou is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 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 Gounabou
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