Gogoyi Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Gogoyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 54 | 1:191,400 | 18,375 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gogoyi (19) may also be a first name.
Gogoyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gogoyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gogoyi occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gogoyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gogoyi is the 1,736,881st most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Gogoyi live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most common forename worldwide, held by 19 people.
The last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 191,400. In Benin Gogoyi is most common in: Plateau Department, where 43 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 37 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Benin this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 32 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 15 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 Gogoyi
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