Gocheka Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Gocheka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gocheka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gocheka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gocheka occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gocheka.
How Common Is The Last Name Gocheka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gocheka is the 2,876,555th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gocheka live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Gocheka is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 78 percent are found, Yobe, where 19 percent are found and Abia, where 4 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 39 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 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 Gocheka
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