Jonahs Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Jonahs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Jonahs (125) may also be a first name.
Jonahs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jonahs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jonahs is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jonahs? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Jonahs live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jonahs is also the 832,731st most widespread forename worldwide, borne by 125 people.
The surname Jonahs is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 27 percent live, Abia, where 16 percent live and Rivers, where 14 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live.
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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 Jonahs
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