Gonyani Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Gonyani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Gonyani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonyani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gonyani is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonyani? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,543,123rd most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name Gonyani occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gonyani live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 532,353. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Masvingo Province, where 100 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 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 Gonyani
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