Gowijaya Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Gowijaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 90 | 1:1,469,435 | 99,362 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Gowijaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gowijaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gowijaya is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gowijaya? popularity and diffusion
Gowijaya is the 1,943,350th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Gowijaya are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 1,469,435. In Indonesia Gowijaya is mostly found in: West Java, where 97 percent live and North Sumatra, where 1 percent live. Barring Indonesia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gawijaya | 88 | 4 | / |
| Gowitaya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Guswijaya | 82 | 13 | / |
| Gowidjaja | 82 | 7 | / |
| Awijaya | 80 | 37 | / |
| Oweiaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ovijaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gowitthaya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Owija | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gowja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hawijaya | 75 | 7 | / |
| Ghobijay | 75 | 6 | / |
| Ojwiya | 71 | 665 | / |
| Obiaya | 71 | 94 | / |
| Ghowja | 71 | 59 | / |
| Goweay | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ghobijayo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gowiyo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Goweia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gobiay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obijay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goweya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ovijay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oswieja | 67 | 42 | / |
| Oweiaye | 67 | 28 | / |
| Abijaya | 67 | 12 | / |
| Avijaya | 67 | 7 | / |
| Owjy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gaewiay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gobiaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gowajja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gavijay | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gowijaya
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