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.
Gonye Demographics
Average Gonye Salary in
United States
$57,108 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gonye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gonye is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonye? popularity and diffusion
Gonye is the 144,116th most common family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,363,017 people. The last name Gonye is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gonye reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most widespread first name internationally, borne by 60 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 2,942 people, or 1 in 5,248. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 18 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 18 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe Gonye is found in 23 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Gonye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gonye has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gonye last name increased 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 with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.85% being registered with 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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