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 is most common in The Ivory Coast. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Goulai.
How Common Is The Last Name Goulai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Goulai is the 1,248,410th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. The last name Goulai is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Goulai reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 36 percent reside in Mande Africa. Goulai is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 192,260. In The Ivory Coast Goulai is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 53 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 31 percent live and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 14 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 33 percent live and China, 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 Goulai
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