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
The surname Gouroun is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gouroun.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouroun? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gouroun is the 8,968,613th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Gouroun is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gouroun reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Gouroun is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 50 percent live and North Region, where 50 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 25 percent live and Mauritania, where 25 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
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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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