Tonje Surname
Approximately 807 people bear this surname
Tonje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 332 | 1:139,096 | 11,295 |
| Zimbabwe | 182 | 1:84,825 | 12,339 |
| Cameroon | 122 | 1:170,238 | 18,185 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Tonje (6,074) may also be a first name.
Tonje Demographics
Average Tonje Salary in
United States
$36,781 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tonje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tonje occurs most in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 427,840th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 9,030,416 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Tonje are found; 41 percent are found in East Africa and 37 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 85,002nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 6,074 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 332 people, or 1 in 139,096. In Kenya Tonje is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 66 percent reside, Baringo County, where 28 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 3 percent reside. Other than Kenya it is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent reside and Cameroon, where 15 percent reside.
Tonje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Tonje surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Tonje earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 57.44% less than the national average, earning R 101,136 per year and in United States they earn 14.76% less than the national average, earning $36,781 USD per year.
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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 Tonje
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