Gooha Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Gooha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Gooha Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
Pakistan81:22,330,48677,733
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Gooha (29) may also be a first name.

Gooha Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gooha (Hindi: गूहा) occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gooha? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,206,983rd most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Gooha are found; 55 percent are found in East Africa and 55 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gooha is also the 1,951,561st most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 29 people.

The last name Gooha is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 3,253,273. In Uganda Gooha is most common in: Kamwenge District, where 83 percent live, Rukungiri District, where 8 percent live and Wakiso District, where 8 percent live. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 36 percent live and Bangladesh, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gouoha910/
Gohao8087/
Gohoa8017/
Gaoha804/
Gooho802/
Gouoa801/
Ngouohai771/
Gohoho73841/
Gohoua73820/
Gaohai7317/
Gaohua7310/
Gohaod732/
Ngohoa731/
Gohaou731/
Gohaho731/
Gaoa67361/
Goao678/
Ngouoho671/
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Gooha Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gooha in the Hindi language
गूहाguha-

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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
  • 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 Gooha
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