Gouo Surname
Approximately 1,332 people bear this surname
Gouo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 1,152 | 1:15,931 | 1,220 |
| Ivory Coast | 109 | 1:211,663 | 8,884 |
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gouo (82) may also be a first name.
Gouo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gouo is found most in Burkina Faso. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouo? popularity and diffusion
Gouo is the 288,063rd most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 5,471,131 people. Gouo is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gouo are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gouo is also the 1,060,447th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 82 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 1,152 people, or 1 in 15,931. In Burkina Faso Gouo is mostly concentrated in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 78 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 13 percent live and Centre Region, where 6 percent live. Apart from Burkina Faso this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 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
- 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 Gouo
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