Gongonya Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Gongonya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Gongonya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gongonya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gongonya is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gongonya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,775,494th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gongonya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Excluding Malawi Gongonya occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngongonya | 94 | 1 | / |
| Gogonya | 93 | 49 | / |
| Ongonya | 93 | 2 | / |
| Gononya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nqgongonya | 89 | 1 | / |
| Gongonea | 88 | 4 | / |
| Gongonha | 88 | 2 | / |
| Gogoonya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gongonia | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ononya | 86 | 8 | / |
| Ngonganya | 82 | 21 | / |
| Onganya | 80 | 52 | / |
| Goganya | 80 | 4 | / |
| Onomnya | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ongonyo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Angonya | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ongonea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gonanya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onnonya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ong'anya | 75 | 74 | / |
| Gungunya | 75 | 37 | / |
| Ganganya | 75 | 21 | / |
| Hangonya | 75 | 13 | / |
| Angongna | 75 | 4 | / |
| Gongonio | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gounonha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Anonya | 71 | 427 | / |
| Onanya | 71 | 18 | / |
| Ononja | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ononyo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Hanggonya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Haangonya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ononea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Honghonha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ononia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onagna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngongania | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ononha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ongagna | 67 | 2,308 | / |
| Ongania | 67 | 866 | / |
| Anonnya | 67 | 541 | / |
| Angogna | 67 | 380 | / |
| Onganyo | 67 | 178 | / |
| Anganya | 67 | 136 | / |
| Angonia | 67 | 66 | / |
| Onasnya | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ononyoh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ognagna | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gananya | 67 | 10 | / |
| Onuonha | 67 | 9 | / |
| Agnagna | 67 | 4 | / |
| Goganyo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Anoonya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ongonio | 67 | 3 | / |
| Angonyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Anongna | 67 | 2 | / |
| Agnanya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ononhau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anuonya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ononjah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onganía | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ongonjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaganya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gogogno | 67 | 1 | / |
| Annonya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gongonya
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