Gosa Surname
Approximately 15,042 people bear this surname
Gosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 8,532 | 1:11,433 | 1,698 |
| South Africa | 1,599 | 1:33,882 | 4,328 |
| United States | 1,364 | 1:265,732 | 25,019 |
| Romania | 809 | 1:24,818 | 3,153 |
| Zimbabwe | 732 | 1:21,090 | 3,144 |
| India | 709 | 1:1,081,898 | 44,643 |
| DR Congo | 424 | 1:174,244 | 17,772 |
| Poland | 191 | 1:198,999 | 26,687 |
| Indonesia | 144 | 1:918,397 | 68,422 |
| Albania | 125 | 1:23,312 | 3,909 |
| Nigeria | 93 | 1:1,904,761 | 67,919 |
| Spain | 61 | 1:766,427 | 32,250 |
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| France | 39 | 1:1,703,147 | 154,208 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Taiwan | 15 | 1:1,562,983 | 10,375 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Latvia | 7 | 1:292,864 | 24,791 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 97 | 1:517,718 | 36,097 |
The alternate forms: Goşa (45) & Gosá (1) are calculated separately.
Gosa (18,227) may also be a first name.
Gosa Demographics
Average Gosa Salary in
United States
$38,919 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gosa (Bengali: গোসাচন্দ্র, Hindi: गोसा, Marathi: गोसा, Oriya: େଗାସା, Russian: Госа) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Goşa or Gosá. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gosa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gosa is the 35,152nd most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 484,480 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Gosa reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 40,446th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 18,227 people.
This last name is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is held by 8,532 people, or 1 in 11,433. Excluding Ethiopia this surname occurs in 47 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
Gosa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gosa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gosa surname increased 1,406 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gosa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Gosa last name is primarily Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
In The United States Gosa are 16.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.26% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gosa earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 43.77% less than the national average, earning R 133,620 per year and in United States they earn 9.8% less than the national average, earning $38,919 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gosa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gosa in the Bengali language | ||
| গোসাচন্দ্র | gosacandra | - |
| Gosa in the Marathi language | ||
| गोसा | gosa | 96 |
| गॊस | gosa | 2 |
| गोस | gosa | 2 |
| Gosa in the Hindi language | ||
| गोसा | gosa | 86.21 |
| गोसाई | gosa'i | 13.79 |
| Gosa in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗାସା | egasa | 75 |
| େଗାଷା | egasa | 22.22 |
| ଗସା | gasa | 2.78 |
| Gosa in the Russian language | ||
| Госа | gosa | - |
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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 Gosa
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