Gonye Surname
Approximately 3,084 people bear this surname
Gonye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2,942 | 1:5,248 | 526 |
| United States | 60 | 1:6,040,982 | 292,121 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Gonye (60) may also be a first name.
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Gonye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gonye is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gonye.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 144,116th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,363,017 people. The surname Gonye is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gonye are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most frequent forename globally. It is borne by 60 people.
Gonye is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 2,942 people, or 1 in 5,248. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 18 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 18 percent live and Midlands Province, where 17 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 23 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Gonye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gonye has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gonye Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gonye surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gonye earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 58.12% less than the national average, earning R 99,528 per year; in United States they earn 32.35% more than the national average, earning $57,108 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.27% less than the national average, earning $32,158 CAD per year.
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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 Gonye
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