Gonga Surname
Approximately 58,539 people bear this surname
Gonga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 54,425 | 1:496 | 87 |
| Cameroon | 590 | 1:35,202 | 4,731 |
| Zimbabwe | 583 | 1:26,481 | 4,071 |
| DR Congo | 465 | 1:158,881 | 16,459 |
| Kenya | 351 | 1:131,567 | 10,822 |
| Pakistan | 337 | 1:530,101 | 8,902 |
| Tanzania | 333 | 1:158,984 | 14,244 |
| India | 306 | 1:2,506,750 | 79,964 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Uganda | 176 | 1:221,814 | 17,207 |
| Portugal | 104 | 1:100,175 | 4,850 |
| Ivory Coast | 73 | 1:316,044 | 11,693 |
| Spain | 70 | 1:667,886 | 29,788 |
| Brazil | 52 | 1:4,116,814 | 111,429 |
| Niger | 51 | 1:376,314 | 10,650 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Papua New Guinea | 51 | 1:159,877 | 22,106 |
| Namibia | 50 | 1:48,188 | 6,016 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| Burkina Faso | 29 | 1:632,831 | 7,862 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Nepal | 22 | 1:1,294,589 | 6,753 |
| Liberia | 21 | 1:209,930 | 13,691 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Kosovo | 9 | 1:206,874 | 7,430 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Gongă (1) are calculated separately.
Gonga (3,751) may also be a first name.
Gonga Demographics
Average Gonga Salary in
United States
$51,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gonga (Bengali: গঙ্গা, Hindi: गोंगा, Russian: Гонга, Tibetan: གོང་ག་) is carried by more people in Angola than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Gongă. Click here for further potential spellings of Gonga.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 9,649th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 124,490 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gonga are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. Gonga is also the 114,945th most frequently occurring given name at a global level It is held by 3,751 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Angola, where it is carried by 54,425 people, or 1 in 496. Barring Angola this surname exists in 60 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Gonga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gonga has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 867 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gonga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Gonga last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Gonga earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 64.21% less than the national average, earning R 85,056 per year and in United States they earn 18.48% more than the national average, earning $51,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gonga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gonga in the Tibetan language | ||
| གོང་ག་ | gongga | - |
| Gonga in the Bengali language | ||
| গঙ্গা | ganga | - |
| Gonga in the Hindi language | ||
| गोंगा | gonga | 98.55 |
| गोन्गा | gon'ga | 0.97 |
| गोगा | goga | 0.48 |
| Gonga in the Russian language | ||
| Гонга | gonga | - |
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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 Gonga
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