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

The surname Gotyana is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Gotyana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gotyana? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 315,757th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,134,298 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gotyana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 1,170 people, or 1 in 46,306. In South Africa Gotyana is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 63 percent live, Free State, where 14 percent live and North West, where 8 percent live. Barring South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

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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