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
The surname Wonje is found most in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant: Wonjè. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wonje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wonje is the 501,935th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,126,024 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wonje reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Wonje is also the 1,223,525th most common forename throughout the world, borne by 64 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 640 people, or 1 in 32,452. In Cameroon Wonje is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 74 percent reside, Centre Region, where 15 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 9 percent reside. Besides Cameroon Wonje exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
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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
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