Gokai Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Gokai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 64 | 1:68,883 | 5,877 |
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| Ivory Coast | 34 | 1:678,566 | 19,270 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Gokai (89) may also be a first name.
Gokai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gokai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gokai (Hindi: गोकई, Marathi: गोकाई) is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gokai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gokai is the 1,185,157th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Gokai reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 32 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Gokai is also the 1,011,231st most widely held first name globally, borne by 89 people.
The last name is most numerous in Liberia, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 68,883. In Liberia Gokai is most numerous in: Bong County, where 78 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 20 percent are found and Grand Cape Mount County, where 2 percent are found. Other than Liberia this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 28 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent are found.
Gokai Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gokai has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gokai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gokai in the Hindi language | ||
| गोकई | goka'i | - |
| Gokai in the Marathi language | ||
| गोकाई | goka'i | - |
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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 Gokai
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