Goloka Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Goloka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 68 | 1:778,553 | 42,281 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Goloka (40) may also be a first name.
Goloka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goloka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goloka (Oriya: େଗାେଲାକ) is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Goloka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goloka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,136,387th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Goloka live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Goloka is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used given name on earth, borne by 40 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 778,553. In Tanzania Goloka is most frequent in: Ruvuma Region, where 99 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 5 percent reside and Benin, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goloka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goloka in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗାେଲାକ | egaelaka | 57.14 |
| େଗାଲକ | egalaka | 42.86 |
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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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- 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 Goloka
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