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 last name Goala (Bengali: গোয়ালা, Hindi: गोाला, Oriya: େଗାଆଲା) has its highest incidence in India. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 14,183rd most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 185,523 people. It 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 prevalent first name on earth, held by 128 people.
Goala is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 37,718 people, or 1 in 20,337. In India it is most common in: Assam, where 90 percent reside, West Bengal, where 7 percent reside and Tripura, where 1 percent reside. Excluding India this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 4 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.
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
- 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 Goala
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