Wonah Surname
Approximately 4,609 people bear this surname
Wonah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,523 | 1:39,165 | 3,138 |
| Liberia | 63 | 1:69,977 | 5,963 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Wonah (295) may also be a first name.
Wonah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wonah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wonah is found most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wonah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wonah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 102,263rd most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,581,156 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wonah live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 513,559th most widespread first name globally, held by 295 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4,523 people, or 1 in 39,165. In Nigeria Wonah is most frequent in: Cross River, where 66 percent live, Rivers, where 12 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Wonah exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 1 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Wonah
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