Gunlah Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Gunlah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gunlah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia61:734,75629,369
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Gunlah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gunlah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gunlah is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gunlah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gunlah is the 7,117,718th most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Gunlah live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 734,756. In Liberia Gunlah is mostly concentrated in: Nimba County, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Liberia it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Gunlah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gunlah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gunlah surname fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gunlach9214/
Gunla9159/
Unlah912/
Gounla83129/
Gunlay8360/
Ngunla8325/
Gunlla839/
Gunnla839/
Gunlas834/
Gunlap833/
Unllah831/
Gujnla831/
Gunlaz831/
Aunlah831/
Gunlea830/
Unla80618/
Gunella77151/
Gunilla7744/
Gonleah7714/
Ngounla772/
Unlahas772/
Unhlahe771/
Gounlla771/
Gonla73386/
Gumla73300/
Unlad73199/
Unlay73159/
Hunla7371/
Unlas7353/
Aunla7315/
Ounla7315/
Unlap739/
Uunla733/
Unnla731/
Unloa731/
Gunlo731/
Onlah731/
Unlea730/
Gunnella71487/
Aunillah71309/
Gounella7133/
Gunellas7114/
Gusnilla7111/
Ngunilla714/
Ounellah711/
Gonlay6789/
Oumlah6772/
Hunlai6762/
Gonlea6741/
Hounla6736/
Gumlia6726/
Hunloh6722/
Hunlay6716/
Umllah6710/
Gunley677/
Gonlla675/
Honlah675/
Hunlad674/
Gunlot673/
Ghumla673/
Unilla672/
Goumla672/
Unlead671/
Gonlai671/
Goonla671/
Gumlad671/
Gounlo671/
Gonloh671/
Unglia671/
Gumlay671/
Ounhla671/
Hunlap670/
Gonnla670/
Unlaud670/
Umlash670/

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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
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  • 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 Gunlah
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