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

de Gouvia occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

It is the 7,117,718th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of de Gouvia reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 71 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

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

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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