Gobeka Surname
Approximately 860 people bear this surname
Gobeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 855 | 1:61,920 | 6,633 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gobeka (14) may also be a first name.
Gobeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gobeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gobeka is most common in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gobeka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 406,994th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 8,473,891 people. The last name Gobeka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gobeka live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gobeka is also the 3,024,661st most widespread first name internationally It is held by 14 people.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 855 people, or 1 in 61,920. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 81 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 11 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent are found. Besides Tanzania Gobeka is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 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 Gobeka
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