Wonje Surname
Approximately 655 people bear this surname
Wonje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 640 | 1:32,452 | 4,372 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Wonjè (1) are calculated separately.
Wonje (64) may also be a first name.
Wonje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wonje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wonje is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Wonjè. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wonje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wonje is the 501,935th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 11,126,024 people. The surname Wonje occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wonje are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 64 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 640 people, or 1 in 32,452. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 74 percent are found, Centre Region, where 15 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 9 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Wonje occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 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
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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 Wonje
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