Gonyen Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Gonyen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Gonyen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonyen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gonyen is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gonyen.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonyen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gonyen is the 4,532,898th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Gonyen are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
Gonyen is most numerous in Liberia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia Gonyen is mostly found in: Nimba County, where 90 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Liberia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 47 percent reside.
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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 Gonyen
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