Gouroussa Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Gouroussa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 65 | 1:159,009 | 16,217 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
Gouroussa (28) may also be a first name.
Gouroussa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouroussa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gouroussa is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Gouroussa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouroussa? popularity and diffusion
Gouroussa is the 2,312,869th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gouroussa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gouroussa is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 28 people.
The surname Gouroussa is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 159,009. In Benin it is mostly found in: Alibori Department, where 48 percent live, Borgou Department, where 37 percent live and Atakora Department, where 15 percent live. Not including Benin this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 4 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 Gouroussa
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