Goorapah Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Goorapah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 217 | 1:5,960 | 1,227 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Goorapah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goorapah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goorapah is most common in Mauritius. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goorapah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,044,719th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Goorapah reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean.
The surname Goorapah is most frequently occurring in Mauritius, where it is held by 217 people, or 1 in 5,960. In Mauritius it is primarily found in: Savanne District, where 61 percent are found, Plaines Wilhems District, where 20 percent are found and Grand Port District, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Mauritius this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Goorapah
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