Tonya Surname
Approximately 1,556 people bear this surname
Tonya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 718 | 1:73,735 | 7,675 |
| Turkey | 269 | 1:289,299 | 19,150 |
| Japan | 146 | 1:875,646 | 18,860 |
| Cameroon | 128 | 1:162,258 | 17,563 |
| South Africa | 57 | 1:950,486 | 60,033 |
| Kenya | 53 | 1:871,319 | 32,675 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Lesotho | 25 | 1:81,302 | 10,029 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Tónya (22) are calculated separately.
Tonya (195,224) may also be a first name.
Tonya Demographics
Average Male Tonya Height
174.81 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Tonya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tonya (Arabic: تونيا, Hindi: टोन्या, Marathi: तोन्या, Russian: Тоня) is found most in Tanzania. It can also appear as: Tónya. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 253,937th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 4,683,513 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 68 percent of Tonya reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 47 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Tonya is also the 5,365th most widely held given name worldwide. It is borne by 195,224 people.
Tonya is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 718 people, or 1 in 73,735. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Ruvuma Region, where 47 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 14 percent are found. Beside Tanzania it occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 17 percent are found and Japan, where 9 percent are found.
Tonya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Tonya last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
Tonya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.71% less than the national average, earning R 112,368 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tonya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tonya in the Hindi language | ||
| टोन्या | ton'ya | 68.75 |
| तोन्या | ton'ya | 18.75 |
| तोण्या | tonya | 12.5 |
| Tonya in the Marathi language | ||
| तोन्या | ton'ya | 40 |
| टोन्या | ton'ya | 40 |
| टोनी | toni | 20 |
| Tonya in the Russian language | ||
| Тоня | tona | - |
| Tonya in the Arabic language | ||
| تونيا | twnya | - |
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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
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- 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 Tonya
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