Gounla Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Gounla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 79 | 1:130,830 | 14,100 |
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
Gounla (34) may also be a first name.
Gounla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gounla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gounla occurs most in Benin. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gounla? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,581,912th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 66 percent of Gounla are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most numerous forename world-wide It is held by 34 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 130,830. In Benin it is most numerous in: Borgou Department, where 99 percent are found and Collines Department, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Benin it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 34 percent are found and Niger, where 5 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 Gounla
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