Goelay Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Goelay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Goelay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goelay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goelay has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goelay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Goelay is the 6,360,413th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Goelay is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Goelay are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Grand Bassa County, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 11 percent are found and India, where 11 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 Goelay
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