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 has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Phony? popularity and diffusion
Phony is the 3,730,171st most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Phony is mostly found 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. Phony is also the 1,336,256th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 55 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania Phony is primarily found in: Shinyanga Region, where 90 percent are found and Singida Region, where 10 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 25 percent are found and Uganda, where 7 percent are found.
Phony Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Phony has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Phony last name decreased 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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