Gołaś Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Gołaś Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gołaś Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland211:1,809,94093,678
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Goas (890) & Goás (8) are calculated separately.

Gołaś Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gołaś Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gołaś is found most frequently in Poland. It can also be found as a variant: Goas or Goás. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gołaś? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,116,508th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Gołaś are found; 91 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 91 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

Gołaś is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 1,809,940. Not including Poland this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goas89890/
Goás818/
Golaś80128/
Gołoś8011/
Gołas806/
Gałaś805/
Gosła801/
Gaś7522/
Goś7522/
Gocyła73609/
Gotłas7318/
Gola6744,143/
Gosa6715,042/
Goza674,317/
Goaz67159/
Goșa67145/
Olaś67137/
Goşa6745/
Gała6718/
Gotłasz6715/
Goža6711/
Gowś674/
Gsoa673/
Gosława672/

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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 Gołaś
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