Goungbe Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Goungbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 157 | 1:65,832 | 8,038 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Goungbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goungbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goungbe occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goungbe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,385,851st most frequently used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Goungbe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Goungbe is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 65,832. In Benin Goungbe is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 78 percent live, Littoral Department, where 11 percent live and Borgou Department, where 4 percent live. Beside Benin this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Goungbe
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