de Gouvia Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

de Gouvia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Gouvia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

de Gouvia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Gouvia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Gouvia is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Gouvia? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Gouvia is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of de Gouvia are found; 71 percent are found in Southern Africa and 71 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa de Gouvia is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 100 percent reside. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Venezuela, where 14 percent reside.

de Gouvia Last Name Statistics demography

de Gouvia earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.09% more than the national average, earning R 249,744 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Gouviea957/
de Govia9428/
de Gouveiea901/
de Gouvea893,036/
de Govea8256/
de Gavia821/
De-Gouvea781/
da Gouvea781/
de Goivea781/
de Avia754/
de Abia6375/
da Gavea5913/
de Gobeo5910/
de Abija591/
de Abiahy566/
de Abeo501/

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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 de Gouvia
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