Gobah Surname
Approximately 2,310 people bear this surname
Gobah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,039 | 1:26,006 | 3,108 |
| Liberia | 861 | 1:5,120 | 618 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| United States | 111 | 1:3,265,396 | 186,924 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Gobah (127) may also be a first name.
Gobah Demographics
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Gobah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gobah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gobah (Arabic: غوبيه) is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gobah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gobah is the 183,796th most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 3,154,782 people. The surname Gobah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Gobah are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 46 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gobah is also the 825,494th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 127 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,039 people, or 1 in 26,006. Besides Ghana Gobah is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 37 percent reside and Malawi, where 9 percent reside.
Gobah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gobah surname are 23.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 76.92% registered with the party.
Gobah earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.42% less than the national average, earning $34,768 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gobah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gobah in the Arabic language | ||
| غوبيه | ghwbyh | - |
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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 Gobah
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