Gomai Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Gomai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 106 | 1:195,935 | 20,315 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Gomaï (1) are calculated separately.
Gomai (222) may also be a first name.
Gomai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gomai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gomai (Hindi: गोमई, Marathi: गोमाई, Oriya: େଗାମାଇ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Gomaï. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gomai.
How Common Is The Last Name Gomai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,305,105th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. Gomai is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Gomai live; 61 percent live in Central Africa and 53 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Gomai is also the 605,116th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 222 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 195,935. In Cameroon Gomai is mostly concentrated in: East Region, where 98 percent reside, Far North Region, where 1 percent reside and South Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Cameroon Gomai exists in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 12 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gomai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gomai in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗାମାଇ | egama'i | - |
| Gomai in the Marathi language | ||
| गोमाई | goma'i | 90.48 |
| गोमई | goma'i | 9.52 |
| Gomai in the Hindi language | ||
| गोमई | goma'i | 71.43 |
| गोमइ | goma'i | 14.29 |
| गोमाई | goma'i | 7.14 |
| गोमा | goma | 7.14 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Gomai
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis