Nwonya Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Nwonya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
Nwonya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwonya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwonya is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwonya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,580,327th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwonya live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 45 percent live, Enugu, where 34 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 48 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwonye | 83 | 2,242 | / |
| Nwanya | 83 | 1,685 | / |
| Nwunya | 83 | 31 | / |
| Nwonyo | 83 | 6 | / |
| Nwonha | 83 | 5 | / |
| Nwogna | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nwonja | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nbonya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwonia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwanyaa | 77 | 12 | / |
| Nwaanya | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nwanhya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nnwanya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwanyah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwunyat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwonjea | 77 | 1 | / |
| N'Wanya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwoniahs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwanja | 67 | 1,945 | / |
| Mbonya | 67 | 284 | / |
| Nwanye | 67 | 100 | / |
| Nwania | 67 | 53 | / |
| Nuanya | 67 | 38 | / |
| Nwanyo | 67 | 16 | / |
| Nwonie | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nwanha | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nvunya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwunye | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwogne | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwonge | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nbanya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwonji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nbonye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mvonya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvanya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwunia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvonye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuonye | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nwonya
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