Gojam Surname
Approximately 4,363 people bear this surname
Gojam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,346 | 1:22,445 | 2,857 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Gojam (2,327) may also be a first name.
Gojam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gojam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gojam (Hindi: गोजम, Marathi: गोजम) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gojam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gojam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 107,014th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,670,306 people. The surname Gojam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gojam are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 154,260th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,327 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4,346 people, or 1 in 22,445. Not including Ethiopia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 0 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gojam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gojam in the Hindi language | ||
| गोजम | gojama | - |
| Gojam in the Marathi language | ||
| गोजम | gojama | 77.78 |
| िगजम | igajama | 22.22 |
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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 Gojam
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