Ntonya Surname

219,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,859 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Ntonya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ntonya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,5951:10,7331,650
Tanzania1871:283,11022,159
Zimbabwe351:441,09338,294
Botswana331:66,27111,607
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Ntonya (14) may also be a first name.

Ntonya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ntonya is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ntonya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ntonya is the 219,869th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,920,143 people. Ntonya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ntonya reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Ntonya is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name globally It is held by 14 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,595 people, or 1 in 10,733. Barring Malawi this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 10 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ntoinya9210/
Nthonya925/
Ntonja83928/
Ntonyo83684/
Ntanya83263/
Ntonia8337/
Ntunya8313/
Ntogna832/
Nthunya771,891/
Ntounia77110/
Ntanyah7773/
Ntonjia779/
Ntonias774/
Ntaanya774/
Nthanya772/
Nthonea771/
Ntonj'a771/
N'Tanya771/
Ndtogna771/
Ndtanya771/
Ntongia771/
Ntonnyo771/
Ntongna771/
Ntounias71170/
Ntougnia711/
Ntunja671,342/
Ntonio67174/
Ntania673/
Ntanja673/
Ntunia671/
Ntoungnia671/
Ntagna671/
Ntanyo671/
Ntanha671/
Ntonjo671/

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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
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  • 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 Ntonya
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