Fonya Surname

507,320th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 646 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Fonya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fonya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2581:80,5009,858
South Africa2491:217,58122,863
Lesotho821:24,7874,958
Russia211:6,863,003268,198
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Taiwan71:3,349,24920,155
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Fonya (179) may also be a first name.

Fonya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fonya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Fonya (Russian: Фоня) occurs most in Cameroon. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fonya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 507,320th most widespread last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 11,281,031 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Fonya reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Fonya is also the 681,368th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, held by 179 people.

The surname Fonya is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 258 people, or 1 in 80,500. In Cameroon Fonya is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 92 percent live, Centre Region, where 6 percent live and Northwest Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 39 percent live and Lesotho, where 13 percent live.

Fonya Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Fonya earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 45.39% less than the national average, earning R 129,768 per year and in United States they earn 18.74% less than the national average, earning $35,062 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fonyad9111/
Fonyah912/
Fonyap911/
Fonyea911/
Fonyadt8318/
Fonaiya831/
Funya801,998/
Fanya80460/
Fonyó80289/
Fonia80137/
Fonyo8074/
Fonea8053/
Fonja8020/
Fogna809/
Fonha801/
Fonía801/
Fánya801/
Fonnyadt7740/
Founayia771/
Fonjah73278/
Fonias73172/
Fónyad73168/
Fonjia73127/
Fonjga73119/
Fonyoh73104/
Phonya7366/
Fanyha7351/
Voynya7333/
Fonija7319/
Fougna7315/
Funyah7312/
Fonjai7312/
Founia7312/
Pfunya7311/
Foniah736/
Foniha734/
Fongia733/
Foigna732/
Feunya732/
Fongna732/
Fonhah731/
Fanyaj731/
Fosnia731/
Fanyea731/
Fuunya731/
Fannya731/
Fanyaa731/
Fongea731/
Fognay731/
Fomgna731/
Fanyae731/
Fonjay731/
Famnya731/
Foonia730/
Fonhay730/
Funyea730/
Founnia672/
Fongeau671/
Fongnoy671/
Foutgna671/
Founjia671/
Founiat671/
Fongnia671/

Fonya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fonya in the Russian language
Фоняfona-

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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 Fonya
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