Gonai Surname
Approximately 636 people bear this surname
Gonai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 292 | 1:2,626,936 | 82,479 |
| Papua New Guinea | 188 | 1:43,371 | 5,314 |
| Ivory Coast | 83 | 1:277,967 | 10,712 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Gonaï (2) are calculated separately.
Gonai (464) may also be a first name.
Gonai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gonai (Bengali: গুনাই, Hindi: गोनई, Marathi: गोनाई) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Gonaï. Click here for other possible spellings of Gonai.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 513,430th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 11,458,406 people. The last name Gonai is predominantly found in Asia, where 47 percent of Gonai are found; 47 percent are found in South Asia and 46 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Gonai is also the 395,684th most commonly held forename throughout the world, held by 464 people.
The last name is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 292 people, or 1 in 2,626,936. In India it is most common in: West Bengal, where 96 percent reside, Telangana, where 1 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent reside. Aside from India this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gonai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gonai in the Bengali language | ||
| গুনাই | guna'i | - |
| Gonai in the Hindi language | ||
| गोनई | gona'i | 90.32 |
| गोणाी | gonai | 3.23 |
| गोनिया | goniya | 3.23 |
| गोनाई | gona'i | 3.23 |
| Gonai in the Marathi language | ||
| गोनाई | gona'i | 66.67 |
| गोनई | gona'i | 33.33 |
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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 Gonai
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