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 last name Gouye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻲ) is found most in France. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 935,326th most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 25,934,327 people. The last name Gouye is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Gouye are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 868,627th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 116 people.
This surname is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 256 people, or 1 in 259,464. In France Gouye is most frequent in: Normandy, where 55 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 15 percent are found and Centre-Val de Loire, where 7 percent are found. Not including France Gouye occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 3 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 percent are found.
Gouye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gouye has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gouye surname decreased 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
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gouye
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