Wonja Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Wonja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 173 | 1:120,052 | 13,748 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wonja (77) may also be a first name.
Wonja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wonja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wonja occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wonja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wonja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,286,243rd most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. Wonja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wonja are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Wonja is also the 1,100,117th most common first name world-wide, held by 77 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 120,052. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 60 percent live, Centre Region, where 28 percent live and Southwest Region, where 10 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Ethiopia, where 1 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 Wonja
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