Gosha Surname
Approximately 2,241 people bear this surname
Gosha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 814 | 1:445,281 | 38,226 |
| Zimbabwe | 813 | 1:18,989 | 2,818 |
| Japan | 160 | 1:799,027 | 18,106 |
| India | 116 | 1:6,612,633 | 149,434 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Russia | 73 | 1:1,974,288 | 123,658 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| Pakistan | 24 | 1:7,443,495 | 40,927 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 1:1,434,820 | 77,606 |
The alternate forms: Goshá (1) are calculated separately.
Gosha (1,563) may also be a first name.
Gosha Demographics
Gosha Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Gosha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gosha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gosha (Georgian: გოშა, Hindi: गोशा, Marathi: गोशा, Russian: Гоша) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Goshá. For other possible spellings of Gosha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gosha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 188,639th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,251,917 people. The surname Gosha is primarily found in Africa, where 43 percent of Gosha are found; 42 percent are found in Southern Africa and 42 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 195,921st most commonly used first name globally, held by 1,563 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 814 people, or 1 in 445,281. In The United States Gosha is most common in: Alabama, where 28 percent are found, Georgia, where 12 percent are found and Illinois, where 9 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 39 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 36 percent are found and Japan, where 7 percent are found.
Gosha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gosha has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gosha surname rose 2,326 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gosha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Gosha surname is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Gosha surname are 7.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.35% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gosha earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 63.28% less than the national average, earning R 87,252 per year and in United States they earn 21.23% less than the national average, earning $33,989 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gosha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gosha in the Georgian language | ||
| გოშა | gosha | - |
| Gosha in the Hindi language | ||
| गोशा | gosa | 85.71 |
| गोषा | gosa | 14.29 |
| Gosha in the Marathi language | ||
| गोशा | gosa | 73.15 |
| गोषा | gosa | 23.15 |
| घोषा | ghosa | 1.85 |
| गोशां | gosam | 0.93 |
| Gosha in the Russian language | ||
| Гоша | 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 Gosha
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