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
The surname Goulei is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Gouleï or Gouléi. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goulei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Goulei is the 168,964th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,851,153 people. Goulei occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Goulei live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 313,309th most common first name world-wide, held by 696 people.
The surname Goulei is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 2,549 people, or 1 in 9,051. In The Ivory Coast Goulei is most prevalent in: Montagnes District, where 77 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 15 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 5 percent reside. Aside from The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Benin, where 0 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 Goulei
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