Wonya Surname
Approximately 681 people bear this surname
Wonya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 664 | 1:111,264 | 12,279 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Wonya (628) may also be a first name.
Wonya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wonya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wonya is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wonya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 487,389th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 10,701,242 people. The last name Wonya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wonya live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wonya is also the 332,375th most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 628 people.
It is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 664 people, or 1 in 111,264. Beside The DR Congo Wonya occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, 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
- 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 Wonya
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