Gonja Surname
Approximately 645 people bear this surname
Gonja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 299 | 1:130,566 | 12,054 |
| Kenya | 159 | 1:290,440 | 18,686 |
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| Taiwan | 40 | 1:586,119 | 4,335 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Serbia | 8 | 1:893,118 | 28,088 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Gonja (107) may also be a first name.
Gonja Demographics
Gonja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gonja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gonja (Georgian: გონჯა, Hindi: गोंज, Marathi: गोन्जा) is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 507,898th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 11,298,521 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Gonja are found; 74 percent are found in East Africa and 74 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 910,230th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 107 people.
The surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 299 people, or 1 in 130,566. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kamuli District, where 36 percent live, Buyende District, where 23 percent live and Namutumba District, where 9 percent live. Other than Uganda Gonja is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.
Gonja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gonja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gonja in the Georgian language | ||
| გონჯა | gonja | - |
| Gonja in the Marathi language | ||
| गोन्जा | gonja | 50 |
| गोनजा | gonaja | 16.67 |
| गोण्या | gonya | 16.67 |
| गोिंवद | goinvada | 16.67 |
| Gonja in the Hindi language | ||
| गोंज | gonja | 25 |
| गॉंजा | gonja | 25 |
| गुंजा | gunja | 25 |
| गोन्जा | gonja | 25 |
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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
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- 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 Gonja
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