Lonje Surname
Approximately 1,401 people bear this surname
Lonje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,019 | 1:16,800 | 2,645 |
| Tanzania | 228 | 1:232,200 | 19,111 |
| Cameroon | 86 | 1:241,501 | 23,877 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Lonje (37) may also be a first name.
Lonje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lonje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lonje occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lonje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lonje is the 276,726th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,201,674 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lonje reside; 73 percent reside in Southern Africa and 73 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 37 people.
The surname is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 1,019 people, or 1 in 16,800. Apart from Malawi it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 16 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Lonje
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