Gousmane Surname
Approximately 9,750 people bear this surname
Gousmane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 9,489 | 1:2,023 | 225 |
| Burkina Faso | 260 | 1:70,585 | 2,670 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Gousmâne (1) are calculated separately.
Gousmane (5,661) may also be a first name.
Gousmane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gousmane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gousmane is most common in Niger. It may be rendered as a variant: Gousmâne. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gousmane? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 52,478th most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 747,441 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gousmane are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 88,923rd most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 5,661 people.
It is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 9,489 people, or 1 in 2,023. In Niger Gousmane is most numerous in: Tahoua Region, where 59 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 31 percent live and Agadez Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Niger this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 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 Gousmane
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