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
Jonahs has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jonahs? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,746,821st most frequent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. Jonahs is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Jonahs are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jonahs is also the 832,731st most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 125 people.
Jonahs is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria it is most common in: Adamawa, where 27 percent are found, Abia, where 16 percent are found and Rivers, where 14 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found.
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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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