Goima Surname
Approximately 524 people bear this surname
Goima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 477 | 1:110,989 | 10,694 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Goima (139) may also be a first name.
Goima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goima (Georgian: გოიმა) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goima? popularity and diffusion
The surname Goima is the 594,812th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,907,530 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Goima are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 784,558th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 139 people.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 477 people, or 1 in 110,989. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 76 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent live and Lindi Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live and Libya, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goima in the Georgian language | ||
| გოიმა | goima | - |
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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 Goima
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