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
The last name Gongah is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gongah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,530,696th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Gongah occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gongah are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 102,524. In Liberia Gongah is most frequent in: Nimba County, where 86 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 12 percent reside and Margibi County, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Liberia this last name is found 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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