Goulei Surname
Approximately 2,556 people bear this surname
Goulei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 2,549 | 1:9,051 | 759 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
The alternate forms: Gouleï (1) & Gouléi (1) are calculated separately.
Goulei (696) may also be a first name.
Goulei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goulei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goulei is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Gouleï or Gouléi. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Goulei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 168,964th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,851,153 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Goulei reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Goulei is also the 313,309th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 696 people.
This surname is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 2,549 people, or 1 in 9,051. In The Ivory Coast Goulei is mostly found in: Montagnes District, where 77 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 15 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 5 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast Goulei is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Benin, where 0 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 Goulei
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