Gousou Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Gousou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gousou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gousou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gousou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gousou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Gousou is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Gousou are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 75 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 25 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 11 percent reside and Canada, where 11 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 Gousou
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