Gofah Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Gofah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 68 | 1:64,831 | 5,610 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Gofah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gofah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gofah is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gofah.
How Common Is The Last Name Gofah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gofah is the 2,237,939th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. Gofah is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gofah are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name Gofah is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 64,831. In Liberia Gofah is most frequent in: Bong County, where 38 percent are found, Grand Bassa County, where 35 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 22 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 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 Gofah
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