Gonah Surname
Approximately 751 people bear this surname
Gonah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 302 | 1:152,914 | 12,145 |
| Nigeria | 155 | 1:1,142,857 | 46,821 |
| Zimbabwe | 143 | 1:107,960 | 14,912 |
| Liberia | 89 | 1:49,534 | 4,428 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gonah (811) may also be a first name.
Gonah Demographics
Gonah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gonah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gonah is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 452,102nd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,703,790 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Gonah are found; 40 percent are found in East Africa and 40 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gonah is also the 287,044th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 811 people.
Gonah is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 302 people, or 1 in 152,914. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kilifi County, where 93 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 3 percent are found and Bungoma County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 21 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 19 percent are found.
Gonah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (82%) in Kenya.
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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 Gonah
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