Goveia Surname
Approximately 7,784 people bear this surname
Goveia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5,191 | 1:41,240 | 1,675 |
| Angola | 1,775 | 1:15,205 | 1,826 |
| United States | 418 | 1:867,127 | 65,849 |
| South Africa | 68 | 1:796,731 | 54,178 |
| Canada | 57 | 1:646,414 | 52,764 |
| Venezuela | 50 | 1:604,082 | 10,803 |
| Suriname | 45 | 1:12,280 | 3,102 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Guyana | 21 | 1:36,296 | 3,715 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Jamaica | 12 | 1:239,162 | 6,359 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Gôveia (1) are calculated separately.
Goveia (15) may also be a first name.
Goveia Demographics
Average Male Goveia Height
173.94 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Goveia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goveia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goveia (Marathi: गोिवया) is found most frequently in Brazil. It may be found as a variant: Gôveia. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goveia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 64,273rd most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 936,221 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Goveia reside; 68 percent reside in South America and 67 percent reside in Luso-South America. Goveia is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 15 people.
It is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 5,191 people, or 1 in 41,240. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 18 percent are found, Maranhão, where 10 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Brazil this surname is found in 30 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Goveia Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Goveia surname are 34.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 87.27% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Goveia earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 113.6% more than the national average, earning R 507,588 per year; in United States they earn 2.84% more than the national average, earning $44,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.06% more than the national average, earning $59,151 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goveia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goveia in the Marathi language | ||
| गोिवया | goivaya | 66.67 |
| गोवीया | goviya | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Goveia
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