Gouvi Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Gouvi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 180 | 1:57,420 | 7,121 |
| Greece | 120 | 1:92,332 | 15,587 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Gouvi (28) may also be a first name.
Gouvi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouvi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gouvi is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouvi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 885,573rd most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,972,191 people. The last name Gouvi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Gouvi live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gouvi is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used given name in the world, borne by 28 people.
The surname Gouvi is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 180 people, or 1 in 57,420. In Benin Gouvi is most frequent in: Mono Department, where 52 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 27 percent reside and Zou Department, where 11 percent reside. Besides Benin this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 39 percent reside and France, where 0 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
- 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 Gouvi
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