Gobiye Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Gobiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 78 | 1:197,926 | 23,035 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gobiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gobiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gobiye has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gobiye? popularity and diffusion
Gobiye is the 2,075,631st most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Gobiye is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gobiye live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 197,926. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Manicaland Province, where 72 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 15 percent are found and Harare Province, where 10 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 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 Gobiye
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