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 occurs most in Kenya. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 452,102nd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 9,703,790 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Gonah live; 40 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gonah is also the 287,044th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 811 people.
It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 302 people, or 1 in 152,914. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kilifi County, where 93 percent live, Mombasa County, where 3 percent live and Bungoma County, where 1 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 19 percent live.
Gonah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily 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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