Gowou Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gowou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Gowou (8) may also be a first name.
Gowou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gowou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gowou occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gowou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Gowou are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gowou is also the 4,213,784th most widely held given name in the world, held by 8 people.
The last name Gowou is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,722,600. In Benin it is most common in: Zou Department, where 100 percent live. Excluding Benin it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Haiti, where 13 percent live and Liberia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngowou | 91 | 4 | / |
| Gowoue | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gowo | 89 | 571 | / |
| Gowu | 89 | 24 | / |
| Ngouwou | 83 | 20 | / |
| Gouwoue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngowoue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gawou | 80 | 751 | / |
| Gobou | 80 | 591 | / |
| Govou | 80 | 201 | / |
| Gowui | 80 | 34 | / |
| Gouwo | 80 | 33 | / |
| Gohwo | 80 | 19 | / |
| Gowoh | 80 | 16 | / |
| Gowud | 80 | 9 | / |
| Gowoi | 80 | 8 | / |
| Gowoe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Gowop | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gowoa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gouwu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gowod | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gowot | 80 | 2 | / |
| Goswo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gowho | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goiwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gowua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gowoo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kgowu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gowuo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gooua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gowgo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ghowu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gowoy | 80 | 0 | / |
| Ngouwoue | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ng'owo | 73 | 922 | / |
| Goubou | 73 | 131 | / |
| Goboue | 73 | 26 | / |
| Ghawou | 73 | 8 | / |
| Gawoue | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gowiyo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Goweau | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ghobou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngovou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nngowu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gochwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gobouh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gowgoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gouwwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goouad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngowui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngouwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gowuth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gowueh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goweus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gowouhoue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gowa | 67 | 4,488 | / |
| Gobo | 67 | 4,384 | / |
| Gobu | 67 | 3,012 | / |
| Gawu | 67 | 2,960 | / |
| Govo | 67 | 1,915 | / |
| Govu | 67 | 1,014 | / |
| Gawo | 67 | 771 | / |
| Guwo | 67 | 673 | / |
| Guwu | 67 | 197 | / |
| Gueuwou | 67 | 26 | / |
| Ngouvou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngawoue | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gawayou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gawouia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gowoeye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngohvou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngouwuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngowayu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngawouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gowwood | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gowou
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