Goroya Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Goroya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
Goroya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goroya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goroya occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goroya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,373,373rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Goroya reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Goroya is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 516,780. In Benin Goroya is primarily found in: Alibori Department, where 95 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Benin it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 24 percent reside and England, where 12 percent reside.
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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 Goroya
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