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 in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,203,767th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The surname Goaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Goaye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 60,391. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Grand Bassa County, where 84 percent reside, Margibi County, where 15 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 1 percent reside.
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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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