Goyom Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Goyom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 68 | 1:305,427 | 28,416 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Goyom (13) may also be a first name.
Goyom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goyom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goyom is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goyom? popularity and diffusion
The last name Goyom is the 1,683,218th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Goyom live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 13 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 305,427. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 62 percent reside, Far North Region, where 34 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 36 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 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 Goyom
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