Bonja Surname
Approximately 1,811 people bear this surname
Bonja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| United States | 57 | 1:6,358,929 | 302,882 |
| Argentina | 41 | 1:1,042,522 | 64,438 |
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Croatia | 33 | 1:128,140 | 18,569 |
| Albania | 21 | 1:138,765 | 11,419 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Turkey | 9 | 1:8,646,825 | 130,497 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
Bonja (3,879) may also be a first name.
Bonja Demographics
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Bonja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bonja is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bonja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 224,610th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,024,045 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Bonja live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Bonja is also the 112,645th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 3,879 people.
The last name Bonja is most common in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Other than Ethiopia this surname occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Argentina, where 2 percent reside.
Bonja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Bonja are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bonja earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.65% less than the national average, earning R 126,780 per year and in United States they earn 59.62% more than the national average, earning $68,875 USD per year.
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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 Bonja
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