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
The surname Shonaya is most common in Japan. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shonaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,098,270th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. Shonaya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 74 percent of Shonaya are found; 74 percent are found in East Asia and 74 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 15 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Japan, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 774,814. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 66 percent reside, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 23 percent reside and Akita Prefecture, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Japan Shonaya 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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