Goloba Surname
Approximately 1,236 people bear this surname
Goloba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 718 | 1:54,372 | 6,453 |
| Nigeria | 159 | 1:1,114,105 | 45,936 |
| Tanzania | 151 | 1:350,607 | 25,844 |
| Indonesia | 80 | 1:1,653,115 | 108,474 |
| Burkina Faso | 47 | 1:390,470 | 6,130 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Goloba (27) may also be a first name.
Goloba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goloba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goloba (Russian: Голоба) is most common in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goloba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 306,004th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,896,073 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Goloba are found; 70 percent are found in East Africa and 70 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Goloba is also the 2,036,353rd most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 27 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 718 people, or 1 in 54,372. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 21 percent are found, Kampala District, where 17 percent are found and Luweero District, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 13 percent are found and Tanzania, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goloba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goloba in the Russian language | ||
| Голоба | goloba | - |
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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 Goloba
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