Goaye Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Goaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 73 | 1:60,391 | 5,286 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Goaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goaye occurs most in Liberia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Goaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,203,767th most numerous surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Goaye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 60,391. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Grand Bassa County, where 84 percent live, Margibi County, where 15 percent live and Montserrado County, where 1 percent live. Other than Liberia Goaye exists in one country. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Goaye
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