Gouves Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Gouves Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
The alternate forms: Gouvês (1) are calculated separately.
Gouves Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouves Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gouves is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Gouvês. Click here for other possible spellings of Gouves.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouves? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Gouves are found; 56 percent are found in Western Europe and 56 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 6,642,272. In France Gouves is primarily concentrated in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 90 percent live and Île-de-France, where 10 percent live. Not including France this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 17 percent live and Chile, where 17 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
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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
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