Goala Surname
Approximately 39,281 people bear this surname
Goala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 37,718 | 1:20,337 | 1,569 |
| Bangladesh | 1,532 | 1:104,019 | 4,444 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Goala (128) may also be a first name.
Goala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goala (Bengali: গোয়ালা, Hindi: गोाला, Oriya: େଗାଆଲା) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Goala is the 14,183rd most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 185,523 people. Goala occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Goala live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Goala is also the 821,896th most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 128 people.
The last name is most common in India, where it is held by 37,718 people, or 1 in 20,337. In India it is most numerous in: Assam, where 90 percent live, West Bengal, where 7 percent live and Tripura, where 1 percent live. Besides India this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 4 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goala in the Hindi language | ||
| गोाला | goala | - |
| Goala in the Bengali language | ||
| গোয়ালা | goyala | 99.05 |
| গোয়লা | goyala | 0.32 |
| গুয়ালা | guyala | 0.32 |
| Goala in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗାଆଲା | ega'ala | 91.23 |
| ଗଏଲା | ga'ela | 0.88 |
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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 Goala
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