Goruba Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Goruba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Goruba (199) may also be a first name.
Goruba Demographics
Goruba Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Goruba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goruba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goruba is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Goruba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,506,728th most common family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Goruba is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Goruba reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Goruba is also the 642,605th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 199 people.
The surname Goruba is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 3,220,777. In Nigeria it is most common in: Gombe, where 91 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live and Kano, where 2 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 5 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Goruba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (95%) in Nigeria.
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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 Goruba
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