Goulaye Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Goulaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Goulaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goulaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goulaye is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Goulaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Goulaye are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 39 percent are found in Mande Africa.
This surname is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,538,082. In The Ivory Coast Goulaye is mostly found in: Montagnes District, where 53 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 33 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 17 percent are found and Benin, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Goulaye
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