Chona Surname
Approximately 6,151 people bear this surname
Chona Surname Definition:
Chona is a surname of the Tumbuka tribe, meaning: cat.
Chona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1,818 | 1:26,278 | 1,796 |
| Mexico | 1,239 | 1:100,183 | 3,747 |
| Venezuela | 963 | 1:31,365 | 1,887 |
| Malawi | 627 | 1:27,303 | 4,104 |
| India | 377 | 1:2,034,656 | 69,432 |
| Tanzania | 273 | 1:193,925 | 16,636 |
| Zambia | 188 | 1:84,308 | 7,077 |
| United States | 158 | 1:2,294,044 | 142,811 |
| Zimbabwe | 83 | 1:186,003 | 22,110 |
| Lesotho | 69 | 1:29,457 | 5,623 |
| South Africa | 68 | 1:796,731 | 54,178 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Canada | 45 | 1:818,791 | 63,991 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1:1,379,103 | 9,281 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Chona (54,126) may also be a first name.
Chona Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Chona is a surname of the Tumbuka tribe, meaning: cat.
Chona is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: cat.
Chona Demographics
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Chona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chona (Hindi: चोना, Marathi: चोना, Russian: Чона, Tibetan: ཆོས་ན།) is more commonly found in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chona? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 79,328th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,184,774 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Chona reside; 45 percent reside in South America and 45 percent reside in Caribbean South America. It is also the 17,270th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 54,126 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Colombia, where it is carried by 1,818 people, or 1 in 26,278. In Colombia Chona is mostly found in: Norte de Santander Department, where 48 percent are found, Cesar Department, where 31 percent are found and Capital District, where 8 percent are found. Other than Colombia this last name is found in 45 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 20 percent are found and Venezuela, where 16 percent are found.
Chona Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Chona are 9.73% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.96% registered with the party.
The amount Chona earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.37% less than the national average, earning R 41,904 per year; in Colombia they earn 27.33% less than the national average, earning $16,497,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.32% more than the national average, earning $46,309 USD per year and in Canada they earn 58.74% more than the national average, earning $78,866 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chona in the Marathi language | ||
| चोना | cona | 94.87 |
| छोना | chona | 5.13 |
| Chona in the Hindi language | ||
| चोना | cona | 94.52 |
| छोना | chona | 4.11 |
| छोण | chona | 1.37 |
| Chona in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆོས་ན། | chöna | 33.33 |
| ཆོས་ན་ | chöna | 33.33 |
| བཅོ་ནག། | chonak | 33.33 |
| Chona in the Russian language | ||
| Чона | cona | - |
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Footnotes
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