Gobay Surname
Approximately 1,823 people bear this surname
Gobay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,692 | 1:78,161 | 8,314 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| Jamaica | 38 | 1:75,525 | 3,602 |
| Israel | 29 | 1:295,091 | 25,768 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Gobay (72) may also be a first name.
Gobay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gobay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gobay (Arabic: قوبي, Hindi: गोबया, Oriya: େଗାବାୟ) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gobay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 223,394th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,997,557 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Gobay are found; 92 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 92 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Gobay is also the 1,143,416th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 72 people.
The last name Gobay is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,692 people, or 1 in 78,161. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: Papua, where 99 percent are found, West Papua, where 0 percent are found and Bali, where 0 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent are found and Jamaica, where 2 percent are found.
Gobay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gobay has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Gobay surname rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 29 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gobay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gobay in the Hindi language | ||
| गोबया | gobaya | - |
| Gobay in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗାବାୟ | egabaya | - |
| Gobay in the Arabic language | ||
| قوبي | qwby | - |
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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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- 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 Gobay
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