Gouroun Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Gouroun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Gouroun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouroun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gouroun occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouroun? popularity and diffusion
Gouroun is the 8,968,613th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gouroun are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Gouroun is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 50 percent reside and North Region, where 50 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 25 percent reside and Mauritania, where 25 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Gouroun
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