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 more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Goïgoï. Click here for further possible spellings of Goigoi.
How Common Is The Last Name Goigoi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 488,458th most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 10,732,763 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Goigoi live; 38 percent live in West Africa and 28 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 181,645th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 1,774 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 192 people, or 1 in 275,738. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Manyara Region, where 56 percent are found, Pwani Region, where 33 percent are found and Kigoma Region, where 5 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 15 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 Goigoi
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