Bonyana Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Bonyana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Bonyana (481) may also be a first name.
Bonyana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonyana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bonyana is found most frequently in Botswana. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonyana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bonyana is the 4,427,875th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bonyana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 387,696th most common first name globally It is held by 481 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Botswana, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 128,643. Other than Botswana this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 15 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 Bonyana
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