Gounnou Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Gounnou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 130 | 1:79,505 | 9,420 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gounnou (43) may also be a first name.
Gounnou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gounnou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gounnou is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Gounnou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gounnou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,403,590th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gounnou reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gounnou is also the 1,545,828th most common first name globally It is held by 43 people.
Gounnou is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 79,505. In Benin Gounnou is most common in: Borgou Department, where 25 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 23 percent live and Alibori Department, where 17 percent live. Outside of Benin this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 10 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 3 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 Gounnou
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