Goqela Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Goqela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goqela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054

Goqela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Goqela has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Goqela.

How Common Is The Last Name Goqela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Goqela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Goqela is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 63 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 25 percent live and Western Cape, where 13 percent live.

Goqela Last Name Statistics demography

Goqela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 82.27% less than the national average, earning R 42,144 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gocela832,286/
Gaqela83140/
Gokela8312/
Goqola831/
Gochela7759/
Ngokela7713/
Gocelia772/
Goketla771/
Ghokela771/
Gouchela711/
Ghokelay711/
Gocila67270/
Gaqelo67232/
Gacela67189/
Goqolo67105/
Gakola6788/
Gocala6781/
Gokala6774/
Gacola6772/
Gecala6748/
Gokila6743/
Goquiolay6725/
Gekela6712/
Gakela674/
Gocelo671/
Gokola671/
Goicoelea671/
Gekola671/
Gokelo671/
Gocheleau671/
Gekala671/

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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 Goqela
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