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 last name Chonya (Russian: Чоня) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chonya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 105,270th most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,638,019 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chonya live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 532,586th most common first name globally It is held by 278 people.
Chonya is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4,093 people, or 1 in 12,935. In Tanzania Chonya is mostly 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. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 5 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Chonya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Chonya last name is primarily 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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