Gonje Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Gonje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 132 | 1:581,686 | 32,703 |
| Philippines | 89 | 1:1,137,508 | 91,778 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gonje (72) may also be a first name.
Gonje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gonje (Hindi: गोंजे, Marathi: गोनजे) is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 961,438th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Gonje live; 56 percent live in South Asia and 49 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Gonje is also the 1,143,416th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 72 people.
This surname is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 581,686. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Kurdistan Province, where 58 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 22 percent live and Kerman Province, where 18 percent live. Aside from Iran Gonje exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 33 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gonje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gonje in the Hindi language | ||
| गोंजे | gonje | - |
| Gonje in the Marathi language | ||
| गोनजे | gonaje | - |
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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 Gonje
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