Gosta Surname
Approximately 484 people bear this surname
Gosta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Romania | 92 | 1:218,238 | 21,332 |
| Brazil | 38 | 1:5,633,535 | 140,199 |
| Serbia | 38 | 1:188,025 | 11,798 |
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Italy | 28 | 1:2,184,167 | 91,195 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1:1,505,272 | 5,843 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Gösta (11) are calculated separately.
Gosta (1,125) may also be a first name.
Gosta Demographics
Average Gosta Salary in
United States
$38,606 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gosta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gosta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gosta (Bengali: গোস্ট, Georgian: გოსტა, Hindi: गोस्ता, Russian: Госта) occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Gösta. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gosta? popularity and diffusion
Gosta is the 631,297th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,056,913 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 39 percent of Gosta reside; 30 percent reside in Southern Africa and 30 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Gosta is also the 237,583rd most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,125 people.
Gosta is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Aside from Malawi this last name occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 19 percent reside and Brazil, where 8 percent reside.
Gosta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gosta has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gosta surname expanded 2,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gosta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gosta surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered with the party.
Gosta earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.53% less than the national average, earning $38,606 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gosta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gosta in the Georgian language | ||
| გოსტა | gosta | - |
| Gosta in the Bengali language | ||
| গোস্ট | gosta | - |
| Gosta in the Hindi language | ||
| गोस्ता | gosta | 66.67 |
| गोस्टा | gosta | 33.33 |
| Gosta in the Russian language | ||
| Госта | gosta | - |
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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 Gosta
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