Gonyu Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Gonyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gonyu (7) may also be a first name.
Gonyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gonyu (Russian: Гоню) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonyu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Gonyu is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Gonyu live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gonyu is also the 4,548,448th most commonly occurring forename globally It is held by 7 people.
Gonyu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 50 percent are found and Osun, where 50 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 25 percent are found and Uganda, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gonyu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gonyu in the Russian language | ||
| Гоню | gonu | - |
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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 Gonyu
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