Goroa Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Goroa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Goroa (24) may also be a first name.
Goroa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goroa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goroa (Russian: Гороа) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Goroa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,373,373rd most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Goroa are found; 91 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 56 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Goroa is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 24 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea Goroa is most common in: Central, where 32 percent live, West New Britain, where 26 percent live and National Capital District, where 21 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 35 percent live and Benin, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goroa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goroa in the Russian language | ||
| Гороа | goroa | - |
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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 Goroa
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