Sonia Forename
176th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,873,604 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico
Sonia Forename Definition:
A female name. Russian diminutive of Sophia (q.v.). It came into use in England about 1920, perhaps as a result of Stephen McKenna’s popular novel of that name (1917).
Sonia Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 100% | 377,765 | 1:422 | 32 |
| Brazil | 97% | 374,677 | 1:572 | 70 |
| Mexico | 100% | 171,817 | 1:723 | 143 |
| United States | 100% | 147,538 | 1:2,457 | 448 |
| France | 100% | 134,637 | 1:494 | 126 |
| Spain | 100% | 110,773 | 1:420 | 88 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 95,934 | 1:2,026 | 366 |
| India | 100% | 89,665 | 1:13,549 | 1,883 |
| Peru | 100% | 88,940 | 1:357 | 50 |
| Argentina | 100% | 87,031 | 1:491 | 120 |
| Colombia | 100% | 85,229 | 1:561 | 97 |
| Mozambique | - | 75,838 | 1:359 | 60 |
| Italy | 100% | 67,081 | 1:910 | 172 |
| Philippines | 99% | 59,420 | 1:1,784 | 375 |
| Ecuador | - | 55,459 | 1:320 | 57 |
| Chile | 100% | 49,625 | 1:355 | 76 |
| Angola | 100% | 48,991 | 1:550 | 99 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 42,379 | 1:250 | 37 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 39,564 | 1:407 | 76 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 39,516 | 1:764 | 109 |
| El Salvador | - | 38,364 | 1:165 | 21 |
| Cuba | - | 36,998 | 1:311 | 75 |
| England | 100% | 34,658 | 1:1,604 | 297 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 32,888 | 1:108 | 20 |
| Portugal | - | 28,834 | 1:361 | 76 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 28,231 | 1:256 | 38 |
| Algeria | 98% | 26,858 | 1:1,421 | 262 |
| Honduras | 100% | 26,343 | 1:335 | 46 |
| Canada | 100% | 22,545 | 1:1,470 | 328 |
| Iran | 100% | 20,673 | 1:3,797 | 487 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 20,626 | 1:506 | 57 |
| Haiti | 100% | 16,720 | 1:642 | 90 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 16,007 | 1:298 | 40 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 15,278 | 1:2,135 | 382 |
| Egypt | 100% | 14,466 | 1:6,353 | 681 |
| Belgium | 100% | 11,713 | 1:981 | 232 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 11,467 | 1:299 | 64 |
| Burundi | - | 10,862 | 1:912 | 282 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 10,595 | 1:568 | 97 |
| Poland | 100% | 10,414 | 1:3,652 | 268 |
| South Africa | 100% | 9,493 | 1:5,745 | 1,089 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9,321 | 1:4,056 | 655 |
| Jamaica | - | 8,930 | 1:323 | 41 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 8,218 | 1:1,384 | 296 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 8,179 | 1:21,710 | 2,153 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 8,136 | 1:31,706 | 4,242 |
| Australia | - | 7,927 | 1:1,723 | 337 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 7,494 | 1:751 | 149 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 7,229 | 1:1,136 | 242 |
| Madagascar | - | 6,046 | 1:3,908 | 848 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 6,011 | 1:1,179 | 248 |
| Romania | 100% | 5,710 | 1:3,512 | 374 |
| Israel | 99% | 5,288 | 1:1,589 | 351 |
| Panama | 100% | 4,781 | 1:817 | 130 |
| Togo | - | 4,533 | 1:1,597 | 243 |
| Yemen | - | 4,496 | 1:5,849 | 545 |
| Morocco | 100% | 4,395 | 1:7,815 | 687 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,540 | 1:7,623 | 805 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3,029 | 1:7,618 | 854 |
| Gabon | 100% | 3,007 | 1:626 | 118 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2,723 | 1:1,373 | 265 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,621 | 1:36,886 | 1,249 |
| Kenya | 100% | 2,183 | 1:21,213 | 2,034 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 2,148 | 1:530 | 147 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,029 | 1:2,236 | 418 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,999 | 1:1,548 | 321 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1,910 | 1:4,621 | 574 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,871 | 1:5,844 | 436 |
| Cameroon | 86% | 1,827 | 1:11,828 | 1,306 |
| Tunisia | 98% | 1,785 | 1:379 | 55 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,727 | 1:6,124 | 977 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,660 | 1:10,182 | 1,242 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,648 | 1:3,040 | 496 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,521 | 1:6,481 | 653 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,515 | 1:20,338 | 2,686 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,483 | 1:9,170 | 1,426 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,475 | 1:47,502 | 5,194 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1,474 | 1:3,087 | 522 |
| Libya | - | 1,469 | 1:4,235 | 678 |
| Barbados | - | 1,393 | 1:208 | 23 |
| Uganda | 98% | 1,373 | 1:29,830 | 2,119 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,354 | 1:12,638 | 1,309 |
| Iraq | 100% | 1,333 | 1:26,270 | 1,291 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1,274 | 1:443 | 105 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 1,231 | 1:6,623 | 696 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,202 | 1:4,451 | 451 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,182 | 1:3,929 | 437 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,153 | 1:26,409 | 2,514 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 1,130 | 1:16,265 | 1,573 |
| Namibia | - | 1,024 | 1:2,348 | 436 |
| Oman | 100% | 1,014 | 1:4,052 | 559 |
| Ethiopia | - | 925 | 1:105,470 | 7,385 |
| Guyana | 100% | 846 | 1:902 | 118 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 842 | 1:54,038 | 609 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 834 | 1:63,295 | 4,278 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 822 | 1:89,815 | 4,942 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 787 | 1:26,428 | 3,311 |
| Vanuatu | - | 742 | 1:353 | 68 |
| Zambia | - | 726 | 1:21,839 | 1,828 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 720 | 1:21,422 | 2,317 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 703 | 1:384 | 84 |
| Belize | 100% | 697 | 1:508 | 56 |
| China | - | 660 | 1:2,069,781 | 43,639 |
| Bahamas | - | 645 | 1:619 | 150 |
| Fiji | - | 547 | 1:1,631 | 450 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 541 | 1:2,516 | 485 |
| Russia | 98% | 520 | 1:277,373 | 3,695 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 489 | 1:319 | 67 |
| Malta | - | 437 | 1:983 | 217 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 384 | 1:4,800 | 553 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 348 | 1:68,304 | 9,302 |
| Mali | - | 331 | 1:51,292 | 2,831 |
| Kuwait | - | 304 | 1:12,452 | 1,446 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 293 | 1:655 | 91 |
| Hong Kong | - | 291 | 1:26,642 | 2,329 |
| Norway | 100% | 269 | 1:19,079 | 1,172 |
| Syria | - | 268 | 1:72,038 | 1,735 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 263 | 1:3,312 | 447 |
| Denmark | - | 261 | 1:21,646 | 1,239 |
| Singapore | 100% | 242 | 1:25,980 | 4,284 |
| Andorra | - | 223 | 1:372 | 67 |
| Qatar | 100% | 222 | 1:10,674 | 1,723 |
| French Polynesia | - | 211 | 1:1,317 | 301 |
| Austria | 100% | 206 | 1:41,331 | 1,359 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 199 | 1:499 | 46 |
| Japan | - | 195 | 1:656,339 | 12,522 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 178 | 1:617 | 103 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 175 | 1:175,923 | 4,261 |
| Albania | 100% | 171 | 1:17,816 | 2,375 |
| Suriname | 100% | 165 | 1:3,350 | 773 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 163 | 1:7,962 | 1,108 |
| Czechia | 100% | 157 | 1:67,874 | 964 |
| Dominica | - | 156 | 1:484 | 110 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 155 | 1:354 | 29 |
| Swaziland | - | 154 | 1:8,443 | 1,221 |
| Tonga | - | 151 | 1:711 | 162 |
| San Marino | 100% | 134 | 1:246 | 64 |
| Grenada | 97% | 125 | 1:865 | 157 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 121 | 1:1,470 | 268 |
| Bermuda | - | 118 | 1:549 | 90 |
| Finland | 100% | 118 | 1:46,468 | 1,654 |
| Aruba | - | 117 | 1:887 | 174 |
| Jersey | - | 116 | 1:862 | 195 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 98 | 1:546 | 144 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 97 | 1:632 | 108 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 96 | 1:1,162 | 191 |
| Senegal | 100% | 88 | 1:165,697 | 3,681 |
| Djibouti | - | 87 | 1:10,525 | 817 |
| Botswana | 100% | 84 | 1:26,005 | 2,957 |
| South Korea | 100% | 80 | 1:69,305 | 4,079 |
| Guam | - | 77 | 1:2,086 | 455 |
| Brunei | - | 76 | 1:5,521 | 567 |
| Cape Verde | - | 76 | 1:6,963 | 833 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 76 | 1:94,105 | 7,749 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 71 | 1:440 | 37 |
| Guinea | 100% | 69 | 1:171,864 | 2,477 |
| Liberia | 96% | 67 | 1:65,852 | 3,218 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 65 | 1:3,745 | 491 |
| Monaco | 100% | 64 | 1:601 | 106 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Croatia | 100% | 55 | 1:76,674 | 2,164 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 48 | 1:723 | 150 |
| Cambodia | 88% | 45 | 1:361,630 | 8,909 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 44 | 1:217 | 70 |
| Guernsey | - | 42 | 1:1,508 | 269 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 42 | 1:70,283 | 1,300 |
| Gibraltar | - | 41 | 1:833 | 177 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 39 | 1:14,896 | 1,295 |
| Belarus | 100% | 35 | 1:270,925 | 2,120 |
| Bulgaria | - | 32 | 1:218,450 | 5,251 |
| Turkey | 100% | 31 | 1:2,509,733 | 15,936 |
| Central African Republic | - | 25 | 1:180,616 | 330 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 25 | 1:98,350 | 2,852 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 24 | 1:552 | 56 |
| Armenia | 100% | 24 | 1:121,615 | 2,812 |
| Moldova | 100% | 23 | 1:154,832 | 1,578 |
| Hungary | 100% | 21 | 1:466,275 | 1,759 |
| Kazakhstan | 79% | 21 | 1:845,088 | 9,826 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 17 | 1:3,216 | 586 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 17 | 1:312,357 | 1,700 |
| Macau | - | 16 | 1:38,013 | 487 |
| Nepal | 100% | 15 | 1:1,899,157 | 30,872 |
| Estonia | - | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 14 | 1:451 | 127 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 12 | 1:803,579 | 13,150 |
| Niger | 100% | 10 | 1:1,918,399 | 23,776 |
| Vietnam | - | 10 | 1:9,262,311 | 4,040 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Montserrat | - | 7 | 1:697 | 83 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Serbia | - | 6 | 1:1,190,954 | 6,486 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 4 | 1:118,910 | 1,275 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
The alternate forms: Sónia (86,418), Sônia (1,724), Sònia (405), Soñia (21), Sõnia (8), Sonía (6), Sonîa (2), Sönia (1) & Sônîa (1) are calculated separately.
Sonia (89,549) may also be a surname.
Sonia Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Russian diminutive of Sophia (q.v.). It came into use in England about 1920, perhaps as a result of Stephen McKenna’s popular novel of that name (1917).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Slavonic name, meaning: Wise one.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Sonia Forename Popularity
Sonia Demographics
Sonia Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 14 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonia in the Russian language | ||
| Сониа | sonia | - |
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