Gonya Surname
Approximately 2,592 people bear this surname
Gonya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,441 | 1:37,597 | 4,821 |
| United States | 606 | 1:598,117 | 48,731 |
| Zimbabwe | 212 | 1:72,822 | 10,797 |
| Uganda | 133 | 1:293,528 | 20,541 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Turkey | 14 | 1:5,558,673 | 112,907 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 139 | 1:361,285 | 27,442 |
The alternate forms: Gónya (1) are calculated separately.
Gonya (644) may also be a first name.
Gonya Demographics
Average Gonya Salary in
United States
$41,029 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gonya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gonya (Hindi: गोन्या, Marathi: गोन्या) is most common in South Africa. It may occur as: Gónya. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 166,914th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,811,553 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Gonya are found; 64 percent are found in Southern Africa and 64 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Gonya is also the 327,600th most frequently held given name worldwide. It is borne by 644 people.
Gonya is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,441 people, or 1 in 37,597. In South Africa Gonya is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 47 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 23 percent live and Western Cape, where 16 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname is found in 20 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live.
Gonya Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gonya has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gonya last name increased 436 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gonya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gonya last name are 15.34% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.11% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gonya earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 27.47% less than the national average, earning R 172,356 per year and in United States they earn 4.91% less than the national average, earning $41,029 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gonya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gonya in the Hindi language | ||
| गोन्या | gon'ya | - |
| Gonya in the Marathi language | ||
| गोन्या | gon'ya | 67.21 |
| गोण्या | gonya | 32.47 |
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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 Gonya
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