Gooh Surname

980,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Gooh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gooh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2091:99,37411,757
Philippines121:8,436,519202,133
Somaliland91:388,9091,001
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Gooh (523) may also be a first name.

Gooh Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gooh Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gooh is most common in Cameroon. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gooh? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 980,795th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Gooh reside; 79 percent reside in Central Africa and 79 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 369,131st most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 523 people.

The last name Gooh is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 99,374. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 98 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 1 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 0 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 5 percent are found and Somaliland, where 3 percent are found.

Gooh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gooh has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gooh last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gooh Last Name Statistics demography

Gooh earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Gooh
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