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
Gobu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gobu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gobu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gobu (Hindi: गोबू, Marathi: गोबु) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gobu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gobu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 147,082nd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,419,504 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Gobu live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Gobu is also the 115,382nd most frequent forename in the world. It is borne by 3,725 people.
It is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Other than Ethiopia it occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 26 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.
Gobu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Muslim (92%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing 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 political 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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