Gounon Surname
Approximately 3,924 people bear this surname
Gounon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,811 | 1:3,677 | 468 |
| France | 1,070 | 1:62,077 | 8,454 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Gounon (425) may also be a first name.
Gounon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gounon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gounon has its highest incidence in Benin. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gounon? popularity and diffusion
It is the 117,356th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,857,173 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Gounon reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 416,660th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 425 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 2,811 people, or 1 in 3,677. In Benin Gounon is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 41 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 30 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 8 percent are found. Other than Benin it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in France, where 27 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
Gounon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gounon has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gounon
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