Goroka Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Goroka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 85 | 1:95,926 | 12,852 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Goroka (136) may also be a first name.
Goroka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goroka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goroka (Oriya: େଗାେରାକା) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Goroka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goroka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,849,867th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Goroka occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 85 percent of Goroka are found; 85 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 85 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 794,286th most frequently used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 136 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 95,926. In Papua New Guinea Goroka is mostly concentrated in: Western Highlands, where 35 percent live, Chimbu, where 15 percent live and Jiwaka, where 11 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 10 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goroka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goroka in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗାେରାକା | egaeraka | - |
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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 Goroka
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