Gouye Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Gouye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 256 | 1:259,464 | 40,012 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Gouye (116) may also be a first name.
Gouye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gouye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻲ) occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 935,326th most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,934,327 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Gouye reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 868,627th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 116 people.
The last name is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 256 people, or 1 in 259,464. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Normandy, where 55 percent live, Île-de-France, where 15 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 7 percent live. Excluding France this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 3 percent live and Thailand, where 2 percent live.
Gouye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gouye has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gouye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gouye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻲ | ky | - |
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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 Gouye
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