Goulai Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Goulai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 120 | 1:192,260 | 8,357 |
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Goulai (17) may also be a first name.
Goulai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goulai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goulai occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goulai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,248,410th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. The last name Goulai is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Goulai are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 36 percent are found in Mande Africa. Goulai is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held given name globally, held by 17 people.
The last name is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 192,260. In The Ivory Coast Goulai is most numerous in: Montagnes District, where 53 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 31 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 14 percent reside. Excluding The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 33 percent reside and China, 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 Goulai
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