Gouyan Surname
Approximately 454 people bear this surname
Gouyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 438 | 1:52,674 | 3,200 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Gouyan (40) may also be a first name.
Gouyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gouyan is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gouyan is the 661,581st most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 16,051,863 people. The last name Gouyan occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Gouyan are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly held given name globally It is held by 40 people.
The last name is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 438 people, or 1 in 52,674. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 80 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 13 percent are found and Comoé District, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast Gouyan occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 3 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Gouyan
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