Gouton Surname
Approximately 3,190 people bear this surname
Gouton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3,021 | 1:3,421 | 420 |
| France | 128 | 1:518,928 | 71,816 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Gouton (954) may also be a first name.
Gouton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouton Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gouton is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gouton.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouton? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 139,996th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,284,497 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gouton are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gouton is also the 261,449th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 954 people.
The last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 3,021 people, or 1 in 3,421. In Benin Gouton is most common in: Ouémé Department, where 65 percent reside, Plateau Department, where 13 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 10 percent reside. Beside Benin this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in France, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Gouton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gouton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gouton surname decreased 64 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gouton
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