Goaya Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Goaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Goaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goaya is most common in Niger. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Goaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Goaya reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
Goaya is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,399,002. In Niger Goaya is most common in: Dosso Region, where 88 percent are found and Tillabéri Region, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Niger it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Goaya
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