Goungama Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Goungama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Goungama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goungama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goungama occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Goungama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Goungama reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Niger, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 1,128,942. In Niger Goungama is most numerous in: Tillabéri Region, where 76 percent live, Diffa Region, where 12 percent live and Zinder Region, where 12 percent live. Barring Niger this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 6 percent live.
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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 Goungama
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