Gorontalo Surname

775,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 366 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Gorontalo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gorontalo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia3601:367,35931,549
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062

Gorontalo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gorontalo is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gorontalo? popularity and diffusion

Gorontalo is the 775,315th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 19,911,328 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gorontalo are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

Gorontalo is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 367,359. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: North Maluku, where 84 percent live, Maluku, where 14 percent live and North Sulawesi, where 2 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 2 percent live.

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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 Gorontalo
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