Khonya Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Khonya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Lesotho | 57 | 1:35,659 | 6,371 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Khonya (175) may also be a first name.
Khonya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khonya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Khonya (Marathi: खोन्या, Russian: Хоня) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Khonya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,073,555th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Khonya are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Khonya is also the 690,096th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 175 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Not including Malawi this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 25 percent live and Russia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khonya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khonya in the Marathi language | ||
| खोन्या | khon'ya | 90.91 |
| खोण्या | khonya | 9.09 |
| Khonya in the Russian language | ||
| Хоня | hona | - |
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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 Khonya
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