Wonye Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Wonye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wonye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Wonye (15) may also be a first name.

Wonye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wonye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wonye is found most in Zimbabwe. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wonye? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wonye is the 3,543,123rd most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wonye live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Wonye is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 15 people.

This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 1,029,216. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Midlands Province, where 100 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe Wonye is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 45 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 3 percent reside.

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Wounie731/
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Wojniez6711/
Wounjeh677/
Wanaiye676/
Whanyee675/
Wohnjeh675/
Wonyayi675/
Wongiay674/
Woungeh673/
Wongeha673/
Wongnuy672/
Wonjeih671/
Wannyeh671/
Wounjie671/
Woignez671/
Wongned671/
Wongeai671/
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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 Wonye
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