Goigoi Surname
Approximately 679 people bear this surname
Goigoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 192 | 1:275,738 | 21,701 |
| Cameroon | 147 | 1:141,286 | 15,748 |
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68 | 1:119,908 | 16,326 |
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
The alternate forms: Goïgoï (1) are calculated separately.
Goigoi (1,774) may also be a first name.
Goigoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goigoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goigoi is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Goïgoï. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goigoi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 488,458th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,732,763 people. Goigoi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Goigoi reside; 38 percent reside in West Africa and 28 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 181,645th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 1,774 people.
The last name Goigoi is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 192 people, or 1 in 275,738. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Manyara Region, where 56 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 33 percent reside and Kigoma Region, where 5 percent reside. Barring Tanzania Goigoi exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 22 percent reside and Nigeria, 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
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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 Goigoi
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