Golova Surname
Approximately 5,369 people bear this surname
Golova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 4,920 | 1:29,293 | 4,041 |
| Belarus | 106 | 1:89,633 | 13,978 |
| Kazakhstan | 85 | 1:208,029 | 19,154 |
| Bulgaria | 56 | 1:124,623 | 7,284 |
| Uzbekistan | 49 | 1:631,207 | 13,568 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 31 | 1:192,666 | 19,300 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Moldova | 11 | 1:323,761 | 25,884 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 1:1,929,824 | 23,635 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Transnistria | 4 | 1:118,675 | 12,470 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1:732,545 | 11,666 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Latvia | 4 | 1:512,512 | 30,386 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Golová (315) & Gölova (17) are calculated separately.
Golova (220) may also be a first name.
Golova Demographics
Average Golova Salary in
United States
$71,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Golova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Golova Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Golova (Georgian: გოლოვა, Russian: Голова) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Golová or Gölova. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Golova? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 89,365th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,357,338 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Golova reside; 77 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 76 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. Golova is also the 608,246th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 220 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Russia, where it is borne by 4,920 people, or 1 in 29,293. In Russia it is primarily found in: Moscow, where 12 percent are found, Moscow Oblast, where 9 percent are found and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where 7 percent are found. Not including Russia this surname occurs in 35 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 2 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent are found.
Golova Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Golova last name is principally Orthodox (84%) in Russia, Orthodox (50%) in Belarus and Orthodox (69%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Golova surname are 2.27% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 49.04% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Golova earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 65.7% more than the national average, earning $71,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.34% less than the national average, earning $41,070 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Golova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Golova in the Georgian language | ||
| გოლოვა | golova | - |
| Golova in the Russian language | ||
| Голова | golova | - |
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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 Golova
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