Goteng Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Goteng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 309 | 1:573,278 | 27,744 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Goteng (18) may also be a first name.
Goteng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goteng Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goteng is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Goteng? popularity and diffusion
Goteng is the 846,108th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Goteng are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Goteng is also the 2,608,198th most widespread forename globally, held by 18 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 309 people, or 1 in 573,278. In Nigeria Goteng is most frequent in: Plateau, where 92 percent reside, Kaduna, where 3 percent reside and Ogun, where 1 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Goteng
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