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 occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouyan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gouyan is the 661,581st most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 16,051,863 people. The last name Gouyan is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Gouyan reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 40 people.
The surname Gouyan is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 438 people, or 1 in 52,674. In The Ivory Coast Gouyan is most common in: Montagnes District, where 80 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 13 percent are found and Comoé District, where 3 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast this last name is found 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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