Goka Surname
Approximately 13,913 people bear this surname
Goka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,067 | 1:188,607 | 11,448 |
| Ghana | 4,018 | 1:6,725 | 909 |
| Togo | 3,150 | 1:2,301 | 287 |
| Japan | 945 | 1:135,285 | 7,173 |
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| Zimbabwe | 305 | 1:50,617 | 7,714 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| United States | 129 | 1:2,809,759 | 166,838 |
| Nigeria | 123 | 1:1,440,185 | 55,603 |
| Benin | 89 | 1:116,130 | 12,862 |
| Turkey | 72 | 1:1,080,853 | 47,659 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Belgium | 44 | 1:261,287 | 31,734 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Göka (4) are calculated separately.
Goka (1,588) may also be a first name.
Goka Demographics
Average Goka Salary in
United States
$47,758 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Goka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goka (Hindi: गोका, Marathi: गोका, Oriya: େଗାକା, Russian: Гока) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Göka. For other potential spellings of Goka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 37,847th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 523,794 people. The last name Goka is primarily found in Africa, where 61 percent of Goka live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 194,032nd most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 1,588 people.
The last name is most common in India, where it is carried by 4,067 people, or 1 in 188,607. In India it is most numerous in: Andhra Pradesh, where 66 percent reside, Telangana, where 31 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 1 percent reside. Barring India it occurs in 44 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 29 percent reside and Togo, where 23 percent reside.
Goka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Goka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Goka surname grew 1,173 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Goka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Goka surname are 9.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Goka earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 31.47% less than the national average, earning R 162,852 per year; in United States they earn 10.68% more than the national average, earning $47,758 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.17% less than the national average, earning $45,622 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goka in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗାକା | egaka | - |
| Goka in the Marathi language | ||
| गोका | goka | - |
| Goka in the Hindi language | ||
| गोका | goka | 97.62 |
| ग्ोका | goka | 1.59 |
| गोक | goka | 0.79 |
| Goka in the Russian language | ||
| Гока | goka | - |
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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 Goka
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