Zonyi Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Zonyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 28 | 1:369,129 | 27,947 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Zonyi (17) may also be a first name.
Zonyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zonyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zonyi occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Zonyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zonyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,665,662nd most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zonyi reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zonyi is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held forename throughout the world, held by 17 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 369,129. In Benin it is most frequent in: Kouffo Department, where 93 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 4 percent reside and Mono Department, where 4 percent reside. Other than Benin Zonyi occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 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 Zonyi
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