Bonya Surname
Approximately 4,752 people bear this surname
Bonya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 1,232 | 1:116,983 | 14,047 |
| Malawi | 993 | 1:17,240 | 2,710 |
| Bangladesh | 811 | 1:196,494 | 6,734 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Tanzania | 225 | 1:235,296 | 19,277 |
| Cameroon | 211 | 1:98,432 | 11,665 |
| South Africa | 189 | 1:286,655 | 27,999 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Belarus | 85 | 1:111,777 | 16,625 |
| Indonesia | 62 | 1:2,133,052 | 131,589 |
| Kazakhstan | 50 | 1:353,650 | 28,520 |
| Iran | 48 | 1:1,599,636 | 62,090 |
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 1:350,869 | 33,247 |
| United States | 30 | 1:12,081,964 | 463,456 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Bónya (1) are calculated separately.
Bonya (2,965) may also be a first name.
Bonya Demographics
Average Bonya Salary in
United States
$25,361 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bonya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bonya (Hindi: बोन्या, Marathi: बोन्या, Russian: Боня) has its highest incidence in Russia. It may also appear in the variant forms: Bónya. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bonya is the 99,578th most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,533,574 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Bonya live; 26 percent live in Southern Africa and 26 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Bonya is also the 133,081st most widespread given name throughout the world, borne by 2,965 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Russia, where it is carried by 1,232 people, or 1 in 116,983. In Russia Bonya is most common in: Moscow, where 37 percent are found, Saint Petersburg, where 7 percent are found and Zabaykalsky Krai, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Russia it is found in 39 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 21 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 17 percent are found.
Bonya Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bonya has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bonya last name grew 250 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bonya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Bonya surname is chiefly Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (81%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Bonya surname are 23.82% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 70.59% registered with the party.
The amount Bonya earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 64.63% less than the national average, earning R 84,060 per year and in United States they earn 41.22% less than the national average, earning $25,361 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bonya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bonya in the Hindi language | ||
| बोन्या | bon'ya | - |
| Bonya in the Marathi language | ||
| बोन्या | bon'ya | 95.12 |
| बोण्या | bonya | 4.88 |
| Bonya in the Russian language | ||
| Боня | bona | - |
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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 Bonya
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