Gonaw Surname
Approximately 548 people bear this surname
Gonaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 540 | 1:52,743 | 1,545 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gonaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gonaw is found most frequently in Nepal. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonaw? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 574,640th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,298,441 people. The surname Gonaw occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Gonaw are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most widely held in Nepal, where it is held by 540 people, or 1 in 52,743. In Nepal it is mostly concentrated in: Narayani, where 89 percent are found, Janakpur, where 7 percent are found and Koshi, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Nepal Gonaw occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent are found and Libya, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghonaw | 91 | 163 | / |
| Gonawe | 91 | 10 | / |
| Gounaw | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ghongaw | 83 | 3 | / |
| Gounawe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Genaw | 80 | 368 | / |
| Gonab | 80 | 258 | / |
| Gunaw | 80 | 85 | / |
| Ganaw | 80 | 76 | / |
| Gonow | 80 | 5 | / |
| Gonaf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gonova | 73 | 778 | / |
| Gannaw | 73 | 58 | / |
| Gonowe | 73 | 31 | / |
| Ghenaw | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ghunaw | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ghonab | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gonowa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ganawe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gagnaw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ganaiw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gongav | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaunaw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gongaf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gognow | 73 | 0 | / |
| Goonow | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gonnova | 67 | 236 | / |
| Goynova | 67 | 92 | / |
| Gongova | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gojnova | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ghungaw | 67 | 5 | / |
| Goungaf | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gungaiw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghunawt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gatneaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goognow | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gonaw
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