Goyou Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Goyou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 56 | 1:89,091 | 7,544 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Goyou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goyou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goyou is carried by more people in The Congo than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goyou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,237,939th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Goyou live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Goyou is most widespread in The Congo, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 89,091. In The Congo it is most frequent in: Brazzaville Department, where 98 percent are found and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 2 percent are found. Apart from The Congo this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 3 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 Goyou
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