Gokau Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Gokau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gokau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gokau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gokau is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gokau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Gokau reside; 94 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 94 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
It is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea Gokau is primarily concentrated in: Chimbu, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
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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 Gokau
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