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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 can also appear in the variant forms: Gónya. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gonya? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Gonya is the 166,914^th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,811,553 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Gonya live; 64 percent live in Southern Africa and 64 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 327,600^th most frequently held given name throughout the world It is held by 644 people.

Gonya is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,441 people, or 1 in 37,597. In South Africa Gonya is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 47 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 23 percent live and Western Cape, where 16 percent live. Aside from South Africa this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also common 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 grew 436 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gonya Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Gonya surname are 15.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.11% registered with 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.