Gofea Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Gofea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Gofea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gofea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gofea is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gofea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,882,373rd most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Gofea reside; 81 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Excluding The DR Congo it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live and Liberia, where 4 percent live.
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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 Gofea
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