Goungoun Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Goungoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 43 | 1:240,363 | 21,480 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Goungoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goungoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goungoun is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goungoun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,808,717th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Goungoun are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 240,363. In Benin Goungoun is mostly concentrated in: Mono Department, where 72 percent live, Alibori Department, where 26 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 2 percent live. Other than Benin it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 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
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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 Goungoun
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