Gonimi Surname
Approximately 387 people bear this surname
Gonimi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 340 | 1:521,008 | 25,723 |
| Niger | 38 | 1:505,053 | 13,208 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Gonimi (312) may also be a first name.
Gonimi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonimi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gonimi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gonimi.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonimi? popularity and diffusion
Gonimi is the 744,013th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gonimi are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 497,456th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 312 people.
The last name Gonimi is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 340 people, or 1 in 521,008. In Nigeria Gonimi is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 55 percent live, Yobe, where 43 percent live and Nasarawa, where 1 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 10 percent live and England, where 2 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 Gonimi
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