Surname Jonah

Surname Jonah (Jonah , جونا , ジョナ , among others...) , around the globe, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Jonah is habitual in Nigeria, where it is quite a common surname, Ghana, and Papua New Guinea, where it is quite a rare surname. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, Ghana, and Uganda. Also, Jonah is the forename as well as the last name.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Jonah

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Jonah	Nigeria, Ghana, Philippines, United States, Kenya
جونا	Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia
ジョナ	Japan
ג'ונה	Israel
乔纳	China
Джона	Ukraine, Russia

Last names said to be same

De Jonas, Giona, Jonas, Jonasz, Jonàh, Jonáh, Jonáš, Jónas, Jónás, Yona, Yoonis, Джонас, Жонас, Жонах, Иона, Йона, Йонас, Йонах, Йонаш, Юнас, יונאס, יונה, יונס, جوناس, يونس, ジョナス, ヨナス, 乔纳斯, and 约拿

Notable namesakes

	harry n. jonah politician (1896-1985), CA (b. 1896)
	jacques daniel jonah Jewish Bulgarian communist activist, GR (b. 1908)
	samuel esson jonah Ghanaian businessman, GH (b. 1949)
	gboribiogha john jonah politician (b. 1954)
	lucy jonah (b. 1946)
	modupe jonah Sierra Leonean middle-distance runner, SL (b. 1966)
	david w. jonah Ph.D. Brown University 1967
	harold francis secord jonah Ph.D. Purdue University 1941
	fredrick ekow jonah researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-9669-7639
	frederick chapman jonah Ph.D. Brown University 1930
	roni jonah Canadian director, actress and professional wrestler, CA (b. 1986)
	willie jonah
	the hindu jonah
	tsakute jonah Model, NG (b. 1999)
	akim-jamal jonah DE (b. 1998)