Gobu Surname
Approximately 3,012 people bear this surname
Gobu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| Kenya | 786 | 1:58,753 | 5,798 |
| Papua New Guinea | 120 | 1:67,948 | 8,868 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Gobu (3,725) may also be a first name.
Gobu Demographics
Average Gobu Salary in
United States
$34,925 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gobu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gobu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gobu (Hindi: गोबू, Marathi: गोबु) is most common in Ethiopia. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gobu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gobu is the 147,082nd most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,419,504 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Gobu are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 64 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Gobu is also the 115,382nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 3,725 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Excluding Ethiopia it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 26 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
Gobu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Muslim (92%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Gobu last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.
Gobu earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.06% less than the national average, earning $34,925 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gobu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gobu in the Hindi language | ||
| गोबू | gobu | 68.75 |
| गोबु | gobu | 31.25 |
| Gobu in the Marathi language | ||
| गोबु | gobu | 54.55 |
| गोबू | gobu | 45.45 |
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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 Gobu
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