Schona Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Schona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Schona (45) may also be a first name.
Schona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schona Come From? nationality or country of origin
Schona is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schona? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Schona reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Schona is also the 1,504,468th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 45 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Schona is primarily concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 17 percent live and South Africa, where 17 percent live.
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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 Schona
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