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 last name Golova (Georgian: გოლოვა, Russian: Голова) is found in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Golová or Gölova. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Golova? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 89,365th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,357,338 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Golova reside; 77 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 76 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 608,246th most commonly held forename at a global level It is held by 220 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 4,920 people, or 1 in 29,293. In Russia it is mostly found in: Moscow, where 12 percent reside, Moscow Oblast, where 9 percent reside and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Russia Golova occurs in 35 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 2 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent reside.
Golova Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Golova surname is primarily Orthodox (84%) in Russia, Orthodox (50%) in Belarus and Orthodox (69%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Golova are 2.27% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 49.04% 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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