Gourgou Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Gourgou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 132 | 1:145,394 | 5,367 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Gourgou (50) may also be a first name.
Gourgou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gourgou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gourgou is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gourgou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gourgou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,409,418th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name Gourgou is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Gourgou reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 50 people.
It is most frequently used in Niger, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 145,394. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 50 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 39 percent are found and Diffa Region, where 7 percent are found. Besides Niger this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 10 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Gourgou
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis