Goyana Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Goyana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 68 | 1:3,148,152 | 91,004 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Goyana (16) may also be a first name.
Goyana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goyana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goyana (Hindi: गोयना, Marathi: गोयना) is most common in Brazil. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goyana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,091,648th most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname Goyana is mostly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Goyana live; 84 percent live in South America and 84 percent live in Luso-South America. Goyana is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name internationally, held by 16 people.
This last name is most widely held in Brazil, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 3,148,152. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Ceará, where 53 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 19 percent are found and Pernambuco, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Brazil this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goyana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goyana in the Hindi language | ||
| गोयना | goyana | - |
| Goyana in the Marathi language | ||
| गोयना | goyana | - |
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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 Goyana
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