Last name 约拿 (Jonah 
, 约拿 
) , all over the world, is a common surname. The surname 约拿 is characteristic of Nigeria, where it is quite a common surname, Ghana, and Papua New Guinea, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, Ghana, and Uganda. Likewise, 约拿 is the forename as well as the last name.