Goleje Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Goleje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
Goleje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goleje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goleje is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Goleje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goleje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Goleje is the 4,206,983rd most frequent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Goleje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Goleje live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 27 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 Goleje
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