Gourouma Surname
Approximately 502 people bear this surname
Gourouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 452 | 1:22,866 | 3,067 |
| Niger | 45 | 1:426,489 | 11,711 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Gourouma (467) may also be a first name.
Gourouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gourouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gourouma is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gourouma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gourouma is the 614,324th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 14,517,024 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gourouma are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gourouma is also the 394,192nd most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 467 people.
This last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 452 people, or 1 in 22,866. In Benin Gourouma is primarily concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 57 percent live, Alibori Department, where 21 percent live and Atakora Department, where 17 percent live. Excluding Benin it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 9 percent live and Chad, where 1 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 Gourouma
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