Gollah Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Gollah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gollah (14) may also be a first name.
Gollah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gollah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gollah is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gollah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,244,200th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. Gollah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Gollah live; 70 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gollah is also the 3,024,661st most widespread first name on earth, borne by 14 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Apart from Malawi this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 12 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Gollah
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