Sona Forename
1,782nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 560,537 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Armenia
Sona Forename Definition:
A Slavonic name, meaning: Wise.
Sona Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 82% | 434,007 | 1:2,799 | 287 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 17,561 | 1:549 | 124 |
| Pakistan | 53% | 13,664 | 1:14,224 | 1,346 |
| Nepal | 89% | 13,553 | 1:2,102 | 346 |
| Armenia | 100% | 9,617 | 1:303 | 62 |
| Iran | 85% | 8,720 | 1:9,002 | 739 |
| Egypt | 78% | 8,328 | 1:11,035 | 1,007 |
| Senegal | 100% | 6,518 | 1:2,237 | 298 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 6,023 | 1:5,416 | 733 |
| Guinea | 100% | 5,659 | 1:2,096 | 269 |
| Cambodia | 66% | 4,846 | 1:3,358 | 625 |
| Indonesia | 77% | 4,635 | 1:55,656 | 6,929 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4,258 | 1:18,272 | 1,453 |
| Bangladesh | 65% | 3,574 | 1:44,617 | 3,971 |
| United States | 100% | 3,118 | 1:116,272 | 4,929 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,564 | 1:12,017 | 1,694 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2,079 | 1:5,126 | 344 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1,495 | 1:2,501 | 387 |
| Russia | 99% | 1,424 | 1:101,288 | 1,922 |
| DR Congo | 75% | 726 | 1:101,691 | 5,417 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 632 | 1:11,316 | 1,240 |
| Burkina Faso | 83% | 586 | 1:31,364 | 2,503 |
| England | 97% | 572 | 1:97,208 | 3,738 |
| Jordan | 100% | 509 | 1:17,341 | 1,001 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 481 | 1:11,378 | 497 |
| Canada | 100% | 386 | 1:85,838 | 4,630 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 322 | 1:16,491 | 490 |
| Ivory Coast | 50% | 310 | 1:74,438 | 4,917 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 272 | 1:113,185 | 3,176 |
| Tanzania | 54% | 255 | 1:207,013 | 8,518 |
| Mauritius | - | 196 | 1:6,621 | 977 |
| Papua New Guinea | 69% | 188 | 1:43,363 | 4,219 |
| Haiti | 100% | 171 | 1:62,731 | 3,972 |
| Philippines | 85% | 170 | 1:623,585 | 19,521 |
| Germany | 99% | 150 | 1:644,519 | 6,096 |
| France | 100% | 128 | 1:519,300 | 5,495 |
| Nigeria | 59% | 123 | 1:1,443,613 | 32,199 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 107 | 1:157,963 | 6,649 |
| Ukraine | 99% | 105 | 1:433,332 | 2,006 |
| Kuwait | - | 104 | 1:36,397 | 3,425 |
| Spain | 100% | 103 | 1:451,747 | 6,023 |
| Sweden | 99% | 94 | 1:104,871 | 4,439 |
| Thailand | 100% | 91 | 1:769,954 | 31,294 |
| Greece | 100% | 88 | 1:124,256 | 3,091 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Cameroon | 87% | 74 | 1:292,034 | 11,102 |
| Latvia | 100% | 72 | 1:27,995 | 1,063 |
| Malaysia | 78% | 69 | 1:441,303 | 20,000 |
| Australia | - | 68 | 1:200,847 | 5,036 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 68 | 1:87,842 | 6,180 |
| South Africa | 58% | 67 | 1:813,920 | 33,266 |
| Belgium | 100% | 63 | 1:182,382 | 4,694 |
| Austria | 100% | 62 | 1:137,326 | 2,486 |
| Italy | 85% | 59 | 1:1,034,951 | 8,889 |
| Congo | 50% | 58 | 1:86,366 | 5,787 |
| Bhutan | 74% | 54 | 1:15,276 | 802 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 46 | 1:385,801 | 6,406 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 40 | 1:34,035 | 3,464 |
| Zambia | - | 40 | 1:396,370 | 10,173 |
| Brazil | 83% | 39 | 1:5,493,235 | 83,314 |
| Zimbabwe | 56% | 39 | 1:395,482 | 19,357 |
| Belarus | 100% | 28 | 1:338,657 | 2,468 |
| Estonia | 100% | 26 | 1:50,592 | 2,900 |
| New Zealand | - | 26 | 1:174,463 | 5,979 |
| Qatar | 100% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 25 | 1:328,540 | 6,234 |
| Iraq | - | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Liberia | 100% | 24 | 1:183,836 | 6,655 |
| Singapore | 100% | 23 | 1:273,350 | 9,239 |
| Botswana | 50% | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 21 | 1:332,876 | 6,441 |
| China | - | 18 | 1:75,891,988 | 63,580 |
| Jamaica | - | 18 | 1:160,179 | 5,771 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 18 | 1:1,320,538 | 43,414 |
| Norway | 100% | 17 | 1:301,902 | 6,548 |
| Ireland | 67% | 16 | 1:290,220 | 4,558 |
| Lebanon | - | 16 | 1:351,723 | 5,446 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 16 | 1:3,347 | 425 |
| Japan | - | 15 | 1:8,532,404 | 32,965 |
| South Korea | - | 14 | 1:396,030 | 11,136 |
| Albania | 100% | 11 | 1:276,961 | 12,691 |
| Scotland | 100% | 11 | 1:486,397 | 6,140 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 11 | 1:52,814 | 3,146 |
| Denmark | - | 10 | 1:564,950 | 8,399 |
| Syria | - | 10 | 1:1,930,608 | 3,897 |
| Uruguay | - | 10 | 1:342,764 | 4,899 |
| Argentina | 100% | 9 | 1:4,752,583 | 12,276 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Benin | 100% | 8 | 1:1,321,980 | 30,116 |
| Guyana | - | 7 | 1:109,037 | 8,020 |
| Algeria | - | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| Finland | 75% | 6 | 1:913,864 | 8,662 |
| Moldova | 100% | 5 | 1:712,228 | 3,885 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Wales | 100% | 4 | 1:773,577 | 8,486 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 3 | 1:81,141 | 2,130 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Mexico | 67% | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Uganda | 67% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Soňa (25,241), Soña (128), Sońa (5), Söna (5), Šona (2), Sôna (2), Sõna (1), Sóna (1) & Soná (1) are calculated separately.
Sona (48,070) may also be a surname.
Sona Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Slavonic name, meaning: Wise.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Sona Forename Popularity
Sona Demographics
Sona Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 50 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Sona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sona in the Russian language | ||
| Сона | sona | - |
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sona