Goliath Surname
Approximately 20,421 people bear this surname
Goliath Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 15,429 | 1:3,511 | 460 |
| Malawi | 2,013 | 1:8,504 | 1,304 |
| Namibia | 1,647 | 1:1,463 | 191 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Zimbabwe | 261 | 1:59,150 | 8,968 |
| Tanzania | 106 | 1:499,449 | 33,339 |
| United States | 90 | 1:4,027,321 | 218,060 |
| Nigeria | 66 | 1:2,683,981 | 86,518 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56 | 1:145,602 | 20,089 |
| Israel | 43 | 1:199,015 | 19,367 |
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| Sweden | 33 | 1:298,387 | 20,789 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Iran | 27 | 1:2,843,797 | 88,363 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| New Zealand | 24 | 1:188,680 | 19,801 |
| Lesotho | 20 | 1:101,628 | 11,096 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 19 | 1:71,788 | 5,445 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Goliath (4,920) may also be a first name.
Goliath Demographics
Average Male Goliath Height
171.96 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Goliath Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goliath Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goliath (Arabic: جليات) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Goliath.
How Common Is The Last Name Goliath? popularity and diffusion
Goliath is the 26,346th most commonly held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 356,865 people. The surname Goliath is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Goliath reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Goliath is also the 97,174th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 4,920 people.
The last name Goliath is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 15,429 people, or 1 in 3,511. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 43 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 30 percent live and Gauteng, where 9 percent live. Excluding South Africa it exists in 45 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 10 percent live and Namibia, where 8 percent live.
Goliath Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Goliath has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 9,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Goliath Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Goliath surname are 16.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.64% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Goliath earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 29.35% less than the national average, earning R 167,892 per year; in United States they earn 4.31% less than the national average, earning $41,289 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.43% more than the national average, earning $54,368 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goliath Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goliath in the Arabic language | ||
| جليات | jlyat | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Goliath
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