Shonaya Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Shonaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 165 | 1:774,814 | 17,861 |
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Shonaya (15) may also be a first name.
Shonaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shonaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shonaya has its highest incidence in Japan. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shonaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shonaya is the 1,098,270th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. Shonaya is predominantly found in Asia, where 74 percent of Shonaya live; 74 percent live in East Asia and 74 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 15 people.
Shonaya is most commonly used in Japan, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 774,814. In Japan Shonaya is primarily concentrated in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 66 percent reside, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 23 percent reside and Akita Prefecture, where 7 percent reside. Not including Japan it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 25 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 0 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 Shonaya
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