Goursou Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Goursou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Goursou (15) may also be a first name.
Goursou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goursou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goursou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Goursou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Goursou is the 8,968,613th most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Goursou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Goursou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 15 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Goursou is most common in: North Region, where 67 percent are found and Far North Region, where 33 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 25 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 Goursou
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