Gourongo Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Gourongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 55 | 1:333,675 | 5,644 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Gourongo (13) may also be a first name.
Gourongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gourongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gourongo is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gourongo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gourongo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,580,327th most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name Gourongo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gourongo reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 13 people.
The surname is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 333,675. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Centre-Nord Region, where 87 percent are found, Centre Region, where 9 percent are found and Est Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Burkina Faso it exists in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Gourongo
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