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) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gobay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gobay? popularity and diffusion
Gobay is the 223,394th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,997,557 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Gobay live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Gobay is also the 1,143,416th most widely held forename internationally, held by 72 people.
This last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,692 people, or 1 in 78,161. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Papua, where 99 percent are found, West Papua, where 0 percent are found and Bali, where 0 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia Gobay is found in 10 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent are found and Jamaica, where 2 percent are found.
Gobay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gobay has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Gobay last name 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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