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) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goima? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 594,812th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 13,907,530 people. Goima occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Goima reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 784,558th most frequent first name internationally, held by 139 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 477 people, or 1 in 110,989. In Tanzania Goima is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 76 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent reside and Lindi Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside and Libya, where 2 percent reside.
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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