Goeau Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Goeau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 76 | 1:873,983 | 102,402 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
The alternate forms: Goéau (1) & Goëau (1) are calculated separately.
Goeau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goeau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goeau occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Goéau or Goëau. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Goeau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,152,526th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Goeau are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
Goeau is most frequent in France, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 873,983. In France Goeau is most prevalent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 41 percent reside, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 37 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 22 percent reside. Beside France it is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Goeau
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