Gosah Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Gosah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 33 | 1:133,592 | 9,935 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Gosah (15) may also be a first name.
Gosah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gosah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gosah (Arabic: جوساه) has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gosah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,460,878th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Gosah live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name globally, borne by 15 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 133,592. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Margibi County, where 73 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 24 percent reside and Gbarpolu County, where 3 percent reside. Other than Liberia this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 23 percent reside and Cameroon, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gosah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gosah in the Arabic language | ||
| جوساه | jwsah | - |
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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 Gosah
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