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
The surname Goteng is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goteng? popularity and diffusion
It is the 846,108th most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Goteng reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widely held forename worldwide, held by 18 people.
Goteng is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 309 people, or 1 in 573,278. In Nigeria Goteng is most common in: Plateau, where 92 percent live, Kaduna, where 3 percent live and Ogun, where 1 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
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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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