Gotyana Surname

315,757th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Gotyana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gotyana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,1701:46,3065,905
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
England11:55,718,059489,080

Gotyana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gotyana Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gotyana is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gotyana? popularity and diffusion

Gotyana is the 315,757th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 6,134,298 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gotyana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Gotyana is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 1,170 people, or 1 in 46,306. In South Africa Gotyana is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 63 percent reside, Free State, where 14 percent reside and North West, where 8 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Gotyana Last Name Statistics demography

Gotyana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.75% less than the national average, earning R 98,016 per year.

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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 Gotyana
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