Goley Surname
Approximately 3,829 people bear this surname
Goley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 2,310 | 1:33,239 | 3,971 |
| United States | 992 | 1:365,382 | 32,492 |
| India | 270 | 1:2,840,983 | 86,804 |
| Cameroon | 118 | 1:176,009 | 18,652 |
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| Liberia | 30 | 1:146,951 | 10,677 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Bhutan | 5 | 1:123,208 | 891 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 33 | 1:134,238 | 7,606 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 136 | 1:369,255 | 27,873 |
The alternate forms: Göley (48) are calculated separately.
Goley (374) may also be a first name.
Goley Demographics
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Goley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goley (Hindi: गोले, Marathi: गोळे, Russian: Голей, Tibetan: གོ་ལས།) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Göley. For other possible spellings of Goley click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goley? popularity and diffusion
Goley is the 119,917th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,903,250 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 68 percent of Goley live; 68 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Goley is also the 448,725th most widely held forename internationally, held by 374 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is held by 2,310 people, or 1 in 33,239. In Iran it is most frequent in: Khuzestan Province, where 22 percent live, Fars Province, where 14 percent live and Bushehr Province, where 12 percent live. Not including Iran this surname is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Goley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Goley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Goley last name expanded 729 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 307 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Goley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Goley last name is predominantly Catholic (91%) in Ireland and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Goley last name are 24.43% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.2% registered to vote for the political party.
Goley earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.05% less than the national average, earning $42,695 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goley Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goley in the Hindi language | ||
| गोले | gole | - |
| Goley in the Marathi language | ||
| गोळे | gole | 87.5 |
| गोलेय | goleya | 12.5 |
| Goley in the Tibetan language | ||
| གོ་ལས། | golé | 28.57 |
| དགོ་ལེགས། | golek | 21.43 |
| མགོ་ལེགས། | golek | 21.43 |
| མགོ་ལེགས་ | golek | 7.14 |
| གོ་ལས་ | golé | 7.14 |
| དགོ་ལས། | golé | 7.14 |
| གོ་ལེགས་ | golek | 7.14 |
| Goley in the Russian language | ||
| Голей | golej | - |
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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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- 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 Goley
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