Wone
surname · Latin script
Meaning: To live, reside, stay
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Wone is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Senegal than in any other country.
- SNSenegal≈1 in 6.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 376K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 426K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Senegal (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 80 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,500 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Senegal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
To live, reside, stay.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wone counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN Senegal | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 6.3K | 8 | Wone | 12 |
| FR France | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 376K | 32 | — | 1 |
| US United States | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 3M | listed | Wone | 80 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈61 est. | ≈1 in 3.5M | — | Wone | 7 |
| AU Australia | ≈60 est. | ≈1 in 426K | — | Wone | 34 |
| ES Spain | 27 | 1 in 1.9M | 27 | — | 1 |
| CA Canada | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Wone | 14 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Wone is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In ang, strong accusative masculine singular of wōh
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Dutch, singular present subjunctive of wonen
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In hsb, they (nonvirile plural)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In enm, custom, habit
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In chk, sixty
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Won Mi-kyungb. 1960KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress (born 1960)
- Won In-choulb. 1961KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean air force general
- Won Sin-yeonb. 1969KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean film director
- Won Binb. 1977KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor, model
- Won Tae Heeb. 1978KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
- Won Yun-jongb. 1985KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean bobsledder
- Won Ok-Imb. 1986KPnot in their usual nameNorth Korean judoka
- Won Jin-ahb. 1991KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
- Won Du-jaeb. 1997KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean association football player
- Won Ji-anb. 1999KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress (born 1999)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 32 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 27 | #68,739 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 27 | #67,696 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 24 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 14 | — |
| SN Senegal | DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024) | 2024 | 8 | #63 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 2 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 1 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 1 | — |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Wone mean, and where does it come from?
- To live, reside, stay. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Wone have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.5 thousand people named Wone in Senegal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wone.
- How common is the name Wone?
- In Spain, the national register counted 27 people named Wone, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/woneThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wone”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.