Coonjah Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guyana
Highest density in:
Guyana

Coonjah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Coonjah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guyana531:14,3821,973
Mauritius451:28,7435,603
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029

Coonjah Last Name Facts

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

Coonjah is found most frequently in Guyana. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Coonjah? popularity and diffusion

Coonjah is the 1,785,358th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Coonjah live; 50 percent live in South America and 50 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America.

Coonjah is most commonly occurring in Guyana, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 14,382. In Guyana Coonjah is most frequent in: Demerara-Mahaica, where 58 percent are found, Pomeroon-Supenaam, where 26 percent are found and Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Guyana it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Mauritius, where 42 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koonjah8664/
Coonjoa861/
Conja8318/
Conjwa77924/
Koonja77264/
Canjah7721/
Konjah7721/
Goonja7715/
Gonjah777/
Conjoh775/
Koonjh773/
Conjeh772/
Cunjah771/
Kohonijah754/
Koonjooah751/
Cnjh733/
Conjeau7125/
Koonjai715/
Conjiwa712/
Connjay711/
Conwaja711/
Goonjai711/
Koonjae711/
Cuionja711/
Konajah711/
Canja678,215/
Conjo678,083/
Conje671,642/
Konja671,634/
Gonja67645/
Conjwayo67119/
Cunja67118/
Qonja6735/
Conji6726/
Konjh6716/
Gwoyonja671/
Conju671/
Ghounjah671/
Chhonjoh671/
Chnjh671/
Koon Jia671/

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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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  • 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 Coonjah
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