Gobak Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Gobak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 283 | 1:625,946 | 29,673 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Gobak (61) may also be a first name.
Gobak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gobak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gobak occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gobak.
How Common Is The Last Name Gobak? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 855,216th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. The surname Gobak is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Gobak are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gobak is also the 1,257,960th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 61 people.
Gobak is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 283 people, or 1 in 625,946. In Nigeria Gobak is mostly found in: Plateau, where 76 percent are found, Taraba, where 14 percent are found and Kaduna, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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 Gobak
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