Woniaye Surname
Approximately 789 people bear this surname
Woniaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 788 | 1:49,542 | 6,016 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Woniaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woniaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Woniaye is found most frequently in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Woniaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Woniaye is the 435,329th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,236,433 people. The last name Woniaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Woniaye are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 68 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 788 people, or 1 in 49,542. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Mbale District, where 65 percent are found, Sironko District, where 15 percent are found and Bulambuli District, where 8 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Iraq, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waniaye | 86 | 1,649 | / |
| Wonijay | 86 | 13 | / |
| Wongiay | 86 | 4 | / |
| Wonyaye | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wongiye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Woniaya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wonyea | 77 | 148 | / |
| Wonjay | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wonjae | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wonyeah | 71 | 135 | / |
| Wanyaye | 71 | 115 | / |
| Wonijai | 71 | 42 | / |
| Waniiye | 71 | 19 | / |
| Wongeye | 71 | 9 | / |
| Wanjiye | 71 | 5 | / |
| Wonyayi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Wanieye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Waniaya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wani'ye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bonyiye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bonniay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boniawe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wounjie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wanyiye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waniayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bonieye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wounjae | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bonihay | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wongnaya | 67 | 385 | / |
| Wonesayi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wanjiyee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wanhayee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wongnaia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wonnijai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Woniaye
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis