Gounongbe Surname

581,222nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 540 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Gounongbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gounongbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin4481:23,0713,091
Ivory Coast661:349,56412,508
France191:3,495,933219,029
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Gounongbé (6) are calculated separately.

Gounongbe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gounongbe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gounongbe is found most in Benin. It may also appear as a variant: Gounongbé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gounongbe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 581,222nd most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,495,455 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Gounongbe live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most common in Benin, where it is held by 448 people, or 1 in 23,071. In Benin Gounongbe is primarily concentrated in: Collines Department, where 41 percent live, Zou Department, where 27 percent live and Littoral Department, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Benin it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 12 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.

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Footnotes

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