Chonya Surname
Approximately 4,449 people bear this surname
Chonya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4,093 | 1:12,935 | 1,687 |
| Zambia | 226 | 1:70,132 | 6,129 |
| Kenya | 89 | 1:518,875 | 25,986 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chonya (278) may also be a first name.
Chonya Demographics
Chonya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chonya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chonya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chonya (Russian: Чоня) is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chonya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 105,270th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,638,019 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chonya reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 532,586th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 278 people.
This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4,093 people, or 1 in 12,935. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Iringa Region, where 35 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 10 percent are found. Not including Tanzania it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 5 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Chonya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chonya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chonya in the Russian language | ||
| Чоня | cona | - |
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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 Chonya
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