Phony Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Phony Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Phony (55) may also be a first name.
Phony Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phony Come From? nationality or country of origin
Phony is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Phony? popularity and diffusion
The surname Phony is the 3,730,171st most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 46 percent of Phony are found; 46 percent are found in East Africa and 36 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequently used given name in the world It is held by 55 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania Phony is most numerous in: Shinyanga Region, where 90 percent live and Singida Region, where 10 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 25 percent live and Uganda, where 7 percent live.
Phony Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Phony has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Phony
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