Gahongayire Surname
Approximately 6,900 people bear this surname
Gahongayire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 6,822 | 1:1,666 | 397 |
| Uganda | 50 | 1:780,786 | 37,485 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Gahongayire (19) may also be a first name.
Gahongayire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahongayire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gahongayire is borne by more people in Rwanda than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahongayire? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gahongayire is the 71,546th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,056,166 people. The last name Gahongayire occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gahongayire live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gahongayire is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 19 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Rwanda, where it is borne by 6,822 people, or 1 in 1,666. Barring Rwanda this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gahongaire | 95 | 76 | / |
| Gahongayre | 95 | 1 | / |
| Kahongayire | 91 | 28 | / |
| Gahungayire | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gahongairye | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gahongayiri | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gahongire | 90 | 1 | / |
| Kahongayeire | 87 | 1 | / |
| Kahongaire | 86 | 62 | / |
| Gahungaire | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gahongoire | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kahungayire | 82 | 3 | / |
| Gahongore | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ghaongare | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kahongoire | 76 | 2 | / |
| Kahungaire | 76 | 2 | / |
| Kohongaire | 76 | 1 | / |
| Kahangaire | 76 | 1 | / |
| Kahangare | 70 | 29 | / |
| Kahongore | 70 | 7 | / |
| Gahanghir | 70 | 1 | / |
| Gahangaro | 70 | 1 | / |
| Gahanagar | 70 | 1 | / |
| Gahangharo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gahona Correa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kahangwire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kahangaare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kahungwire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngouongoure | 55 | 15 | / |
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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 Gahongayire
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