Ghoti Surname
Approximately 1,498 people bear this surname
Ghoti Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,247 | 1:615,129 | 29,471 |
| Afghanistan | 118 | 1:272,485 | 4,470 |
| Iran | 98 | 1:783,495 | 39,531 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Ghoti (9,336) may also be a first name.
Ghoti Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghoti Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghoti (Hindi: घोटी, Marathi: घोती, Oriya: ଘୁଟି) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghoti? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ghoti is the 261,888th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,864,850 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Ghoti are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 83 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 64,174th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 9,336 people.
The last name is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 1,247 people, or 1 in 615,129. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 87 percent reside, Gujarat, where 8 percent reside and Jharkhand, where 3 percent reside. Outside of India Ghoti exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 8 percent reside and Iran, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghoti Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghoti in the Oriya language | ||
| ଘୁଟି | ghuti | - |
| Ghoti in the Hindi language | ||
| घोटी | ghoti | 98.64 |
| घोती | ghoti | 0.45 |
| घोटि | ghoti | 0.34 |
| Ghoti in the Marathi language | ||
| घोती | ghoti | 90.8 |
| घोटी | ghoti | 5.52 |
| घोित | ghoita | 3.09 |
| धोती | dhoti | 0.24 |
| गोठी | gothi | 0.24 |
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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 Ghoti
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