Gongah Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Gongah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 43 | 1:102,524 | 8,134 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Gongah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gongah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gongah is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gongah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,530,696th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gongah reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name Gongah is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 102,524. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 86 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 12 percent reside and Margibi County, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 17 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Gongah
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