Shahonya Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Shahonya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 200 | 1:12,047 | 2,266 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
Shahonya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahonya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shahonya occurs most in Namibia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahonya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,163,787th most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shahonya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Namibia, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 12,047. In Namibia it is mostly concentrated in: Ohangwena Region, where 26 percent reside, Oshikoto Region, where 25 percent reside and Erongo Region, where 23 percent reside. Not including Namibia Shahonya exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sahonya | 93 | 9 | / |
| Shaonya | 93 | 4 | / |
| Shahonyo | 88 | 4 | / |
| Shahonja | 88 | 2 | / |
| Chahonya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Saonya | 86 | 125 | / |
| Chaonya | 80 | 184 | / |
| Sahonia | 80 | 9 | / |
| Sahunya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Saounya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sohonyay | 75 | 28 | / |
| Chahonyo | 75 | 7 | / |
| Shahunia | 75 | 5 | / |
| Shaonhai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shahunja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zahonyay | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sahaunya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Soanya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chahounia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saonia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sajonia | 67 | 3,402 | / |
| Chaonha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sohania | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaonyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sohanha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sohanja | 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 Shahonya
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