Gounouma Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Gounouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 73 | 1:141,584 | 14,936 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gounouma (61) may also be a first name.
Gounouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gounouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gounouma is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gounouma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,203,767th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. Gounouma is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gounouma are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gounouma is also the 1,257,960th most numerous forename in the world It is held by 61 people.
The surname Gounouma is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 141,584. In Benin it is most numerous in: Atakora Department, where 59 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 38 percent reside and Alibori Department, where 3 percent reside. Not including Benin Gounouma exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Gounouma
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