Gounteni Surname

457,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 739 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Gounteni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gounteni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo7351:9,8612,446
Benin41:2,583,90073,293

Gounteni (17) may also be a first name.

Gounteni Last Name Facts

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

Gounteni is carried by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gounteni? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 457,658th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,861,361 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gounteni reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gounteni is also the 2,694,839th most widely held given name globally. It is borne by 17 people.

The last name Gounteni is most commonly held in Togo, where it is borne by 735 people, or 1 in 9,861. Besides Togo it exists in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gonteni9314/
Gunteni931/
Gonteeni8820/
Gontheni883/
Gontheeni823/
Gontini80398/
Gontena80294/
Ganteni8012/
Guntena803/
Gontene801/
Guntini801/
Gountainis781/
Gonthini7569/
Gonteena7542/
Gonthena7535/
Gontiene751/
Gonteune751/
Guntinui751/
Guntiene751/
Gantenui751/
Gonttena751/
Guntigni751/
Guntener751/
Gontheena7115/
Ngantheni712/
Gantini672,265/
Gantena67304/
Gomtini673/
Guntiña671/
Guntine671/
Gontiña671/

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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 Gounteni
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