Gounay Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Gounay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Gounay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gounay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gounay has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gounay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Gounay occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of Gounay are found; 33 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Gounay is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 67 percent are found and North Region, where 33 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent are found and Algeria, where 11 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
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