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 last name Gobay (Arabic: قوبي, Hindi: गोबया, Oriya: େଗାବାୟ) occurs most in Indonesia. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gobay? popularity and diffusion
Gobay is the 223,394th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 3,997,557 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Gobay reside; 92 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 92 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Gobay is also the 1,143,416th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 72 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,692 people, or 1 in 78,161. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Papua, where 99 percent live, West Papua, where 0 percent live and Bali, where 0 percent live. Besides Indonesia this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent live and Jamaica, where 2 percent live.
Gobay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gobay has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 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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