Gonayi Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Gonayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gonayi (38) may also be a first name.
Gonayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gonayi is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonayi? popularity and diffusion
Gonayi is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Gonayi is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Gonayi live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 38 people.
This surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 514,608. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 57 percent live and Harare Province, where 43 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe Gonayi is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 17 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.
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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 Gonayi
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