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
The surname Gonah is found most in Kenya. It may also be rendered as a variant:. 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 last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 9,703,790 people. The surname Gonah is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Gonah reside; 40 percent reside in East Africa and 40 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 287,044th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 811 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 302 people, or 1 in 152,914. In Kenya Gonah is most frequent in: Kilifi County, where 93 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 3 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 19 percent reside.
Gonah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Gonah 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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