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
The surname Schona is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schona? popularity and diffusion
Schona is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Schona is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Schona live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 45 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Schona is primarily concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania Schona occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 17 percent reside and South Africa, where 17 percent reside.
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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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