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
Average Male Goley Height
175.95 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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 found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Göley. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Goley? popularity and diffusion
It is the 119,917th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,903,250 people. Goley is predominantly found in Asia, where 68 percent of Goley reside; 68 percent reside in South Asia and 60 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 448,725th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 374 people.
Goley is most frequent in Iran, where it is held by 2,310 people, or 1 in 33,239. In Iran Goley is most numerous in: Khuzestan Province, where 22 percent live, Fars Province, where 14 percent live and Bushehr Province, where 12 percent live. Besides Iran this last name exists in 26 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Goley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Goley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Goley surname grew 729 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 307 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Goley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (91%) in Ireland and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Goley are 24.43% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.2% registered with the 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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