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
Goloba (Russian: Голоба) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Goloba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goloba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 306,004th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,896,073 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Goloba live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Goloba is also the 2,036,353rd most common first name world-wide, held by 27 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 718 people, or 1 in 54,372. In Uganda Goloba is primarily concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 21 percent reside, Kampala District, where 17 percent reside and Luweero District, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside and Tanzania, where 12 percent reside.
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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