Goungou Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Goungou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 96 | 1:199,917 | 6,754 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Goungou (14) may also be a first name.
Goungou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goungou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goungou is found most in Niger. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Goungou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goungou? popularity and diffusion
Goungou is the 1,459,453rd most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name Goungou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Goungou are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 14 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 199,917. In Niger Goungou is mostly concentrated in: Dosso Region, where 30 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 22 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 20 percent are found. Beside Niger this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in France, where 16 percent are found and Benin, where 6 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 Goungou
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