Tonyah Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Tonyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tonyah (167) may also be a first name.
Tonyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tonyah occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tonyah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonyah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tonyah is the 10,311,814th most widespread surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Tonyah live; 33 percent live in Central Africa and 33 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tonyah is also the 708,111th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 167 people.
The surname Tonyah is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon Tonyah is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 33 percent are found.
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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 Tonyah
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