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
The last name Gobak is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gobak? popularity and diffusion
Gobak is the 855,216th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 22,844,972 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Gobak reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently held given name in the world. It is borne by 61 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 283 people, or 1 in 625,946. In Nigeria it is most common in: Plateau, where 76 percent live, Taraba, where 14 percent live and Kaduna, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 10 percent live and The United States, 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 Gobak
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