Goba Surname
Approximately 25,737 people bear this surname
Goba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7,062 | 1:7,672 | 965 |
| Sierra Leone | 6,422 | 1:1,104 | 206 |
| Ethiopia | 2,576 | 1:37,867 | 4,280 |
| Malawi | 2,405 | 1:7,118 | 1,037 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,401 | 1:16,468 | 1,272 |
| Egypt | 1,068 | 1:86,082 | 7,577 |
| Zimbabwe | 974 | 1:15,850 | 2,273 |
| India | 919 | 1:834,674 | 37,013 |
| Latvia | 544 | 1:3,768 | 505 |
| Indonesia | 467 | 1:283,189 | 25,442 |
| DR Congo | 383 | 1:192,897 | 19,402 |
| Liberia | 324 | 1:13,607 | 1,440 |
| United States | 183 | 1:1,980,650 | 127,499 |
| Cameroon | 162 | 1:128,204 | 14,516 |
| Nigeria | 116 | 1:1,527,093 | 57,948 |
| Russia | 90 | 1:1,601,367 | 107,342 |
| Congo | 87 | 1:57,346 | 5,134 |
| Papua New Guinea | 80 | 1:101,921 | 13,735 |
| Brazil | 60 | 1:3,567,906 | 100,128 |
| Canada | 56 | 1:657,957 | 53,499 |
| England | 55 | 1:1,013,056 | 50,089 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| Mozambique | 25 | 1:1,090,463 | 1,880 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 21 | 1:284,412 | 25,571 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Belarus | 14 | 1:678,647 | 56,781 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Gobá (1) are calculated separately.
Goba (8,311) may also be a first name.
Goba Demographics
Average Goba Salary in
United States
$37,232 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Goba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goba (Arabic: غوبي, Bengali: গোবা, Hindi: गोबा, Marathi: गोबा, Oriya: େଗାବା, Russian: Гоба) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Gobá. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 21,183rd most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 283,154 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Goba reside; 41 percent reside in Southern Africa and 41 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Goba is also the 69,334th most widespread first name internationally, held by 8,311 people.
This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 7,062 people, or 1 in 7,672. In South Africa Goba is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 54 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 21 percent reside and Gauteng, where 13 percent reside. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 73 countries. It also occurs in Sierra Leone, where 25 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 10 percent reside.
Goba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Goba has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Goba surname expanded 18,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Goba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Goba last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Muslim (75%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Goba are 3.18% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.41% being registered with the political party.
The amount Goba earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 28.65% less than the national average, earning R 169,560 per year; in United States they earn 13.71% less than the national average, earning $37,232 USD per year and in Canada they earn 63.86% more than the national average, earning $81,412 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goba in the Bengali language | ||
| গোবা | goba | - |
| Goba in the Marathi language | ||
| गोबा | goba | 99.95 |
| गोब | goba | 0.05 |
| Goba in the Hindi language | ||
| गोबा | goba | 97.14 |
| गेबा | geba | 2.27 |
| ग्ोबा | goba | 0.36 |
| गेबां | gebam | 0.12 |
| Goba in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗାବା | egaba | 66.67 |
| େଗାବ | egaba | 16.67 |
| ଗବା | gaba | 16.67 |
| Goba in the Russian language | ||
| Гоба | goba | - |
| Goba in the Arabic language | ||
| غوبي | ghwby | - |
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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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