Gozey Surname
Approximately 633 people bear this surname
Gozey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Gözey (546) are calculated separately.
Gozey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gozey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gozey has its highest incidence in Ghana. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Gözey. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gozey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 515,280th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,512,711 people. Gozey is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gozey reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Gozey is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is held by 623 people, or 1 in 43,372. Besides Ghana this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent are found and Egypt, where 1 percent are found.
Gozey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gozey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gozey surname contracted 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gozey
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