Honye Surname
Approximately 1,678 people bear this surname
Honye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,655 | 1:9,328 | 1,155 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Honye (140) may also be a first name.
Honye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Honye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Honye occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Honye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 238,807th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,342,995 people. The last name Honye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Honye are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Honye is also the 781,395th most widespread first name on earth, held by 140 people.
Honye is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,655 people, or 1 in 9,328. In Zimbabwe Honye is most common in: Midlands Province, where 42 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 25 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 15 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent live and Benin, where 0 percent live.
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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 Honye
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