Gofa Surname
Approximately 462 people bear this surname
Gofa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 105 | 1:41,986 | 3,841 |
| Zimbabwe | 82 | 1:188,271 | 22,304 |
| Indonesia | 74 | 1:1,787,151 | 115,268 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Gofa (231) may also be a first name.
Gofa Demographics
Average Gofa Salary in
United States
$20,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gofa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gofa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gofa (Hindi: गोफा, Russian: Гофа) is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gofa.
How Common Is The Last Name Gofa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gofa is the 653,013th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 15,773,909 people. The surname Gofa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Gofa are found; 35 percent are found in West Africa and 23 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Gofa is also the 590,311th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 231 people.
The last name Gofa is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 41,986. In Liberia Gofa is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 34 percent are found, Nimba County, where 20 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Liberia Gofa exists in 29 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent are found and Indonesia, where 16 percent are found.
Gofa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Gofa surname is predominantly Muslim (67%) in Kenya.
Gofa earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 51.62% less than the national average, earning $20,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gofa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gofa in the Hindi language | ||
| गोफा | gopha | - |
| Gofa in the Russian language | ||
| Гофа | gofa | - |
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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 Gofa
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