Goriath Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Goriath Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Goriath (230) may also be a first name.
Goriath Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goriath Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goriath is found most in Zimbabwe. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goriath? popularity and diffusion
Goriath is the 3,432,070th most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Goriath live; 61 percent live in Southern Africa and 61 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 591,855th most frequently used forename at a global level, borne by 230 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 812,539. In Zimbabwe Goriath is most common in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 53 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 32 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 5 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent are found and Nigeria, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorriath | 93 | 10 | / |
| Goriat | 92 | 83 | / |
| Goriate | 86 | 15 | / |
| Goiriat | 86 | 2 | / |
| Goriot | 77 | 299 | / |
| Gariat | 77 | 15 | / |
| Gorjat | 77 | 13 | / |
| Geriat | 77 | 5 | / |
| Goriad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gauriat | 71 | 521 | / |
| Gouriot | 71 | 5 | / |
| Gariate | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gouryat | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gieriat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gheriat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ghariat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goiriot | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gorriad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Garriat | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gorayyat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gariatte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Garriate | 67 | 0 | / |
| Garriatt | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Goriath
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