Woni Surname
Approximately 4,427 people bear this surname
Woni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 3,558 | 1:5,158 | 573 |
| Ivory Coast | 190 | 1:121,428 | 5,978 |
| Papua New Guinea | 169 | 1:48,247 | 6,005 |
| Kenya | 169 | 1:273,254 | 18,015 |
| Indonesia | 150 | 1:881,661 | 66,139 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| South Africa | 43 | 1:1,259,947 | 70,377 |
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Woñi (1) are calculated separately.
Woni (1,241) may also be a first name.
Woni Demographics
Average Woni Salary in
South Africa
R 158,712
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Woni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Woni (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻧﻲ, Oriya: େୱାନି) is found most in Burkina Faso. It may also be found as a variant: Woñi. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Woni? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 105,713th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,646,159 people. The last name Woni is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Woni live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 224,316th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 1,241 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 3,558 people, or 1 in 5,158. In Burkina Faso Woni is most prevalent in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 76 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 16 percent live and Centre Region, where 5 percent live. Barring Burkina Faso this surname exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
Woni Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Woni last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Woni earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.21% less than the national average, earning R 158,712 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Woni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Woni in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻧﻲ | wny | - |
| Woni in the Oriya language | ||
| େୱାନି | ewani | - |
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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 Woni
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