Bonyi Surname
Approximately 5,295 people bear this surname
Bonyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 4,878 | 1:15,145 | 1,884 |
| Kenya | 349 | 1:132,321 | 10,872 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Bónyi (1) are calculated separately.
Bonyi (584) may also be a first name.
Bonyi Demographics
Bonyi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Bonyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bonyi is found most in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Bónyi. For other possible spellings of Bonyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 90,517th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,376,307 people. The surname Bonyi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bonyi live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 346,315th most widespread forename in the world, held by 584 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 4,878 people, or 1 in 15,145. Apart from The DR Congo Bonyi is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Bonyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Bonyi
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