Sonya Forename
5,246th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 199,121 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bulgaria
Sonya Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 96,974 | 1:3,738 | 602 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 21,812 | 1:7,311 | 964 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 12,708 | 1:550 | 119 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 8,347 | 1:30,905 | 4,149 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 8,261 | 1:23,527 | 1,779 |
| Canada | 100% | 7,240 | 1:4,576 | 723 |
| England | 100% | 6,940 | 1:8,012 | 697 |
| India | 78% | 6,094 | 1:199,356 | 20,713 |
| Australia | - | 5,824 | 1:2,345 | 417 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3,291 | 1:887 | 195 |
| Egypt | 99% | 2,581 | 1:35,607 | 2,288 |
| Thailand | 96% | 2,260 | 1:31,003 | 3,813 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,120 | 1:2,140 | 407 |
| South Africa | 98% | 1,198 | 1:45,520 | 4,841 |
| Germany | 100% | 692 | 1:139,708 | 2,553 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 679 | 1:14,202 | 1,574 |
| Ireland | 100% | 655 | 1:7,089 | 601 |
| Poland | 100% | 565 | 1:67,305 | 1,669 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 524 | 1:58,753 | 2,066 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 513 | 1:16,011 | 1,261 |
| Scotland | 100% | 487 | 1:10,986 | 736 |
| France | 100% | 450 | 1:147,712 | 2,758 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 439 | 1:23,761 | 2,105 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 99% | 402 | 1:14,859 | 2,005 |
| Turkey | 100% | 385 | 1:202,082 | 4,480 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 372 | 1:45,436 | 3,217 |
| Northern Ireland | 99% | 367 | 1:5,022 | 570 |
| Israel | 98% | 359 | 1:23,406 | 2,078 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Morocco | 100% | 328 | 1:104,721 | 3,418 |
| Sweden | 100% | 249 | 1:39,590 | 2,249 |
| DR Congo | 94% | 240 | 1:307,615 | 12,192 |
| Wales | 100% | 239 | 1:12,947 | 915 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Philippines | 99% | 211 | 1:502,415 | 16,781 |
| Jamaica | - | 201 | 1:14,344 | 1,397 |
| Brazil | 100% | 196 | 1:1,093,042 | 27,903 |
| Spain | 100% | 190 | 1:244,895 | 4,508 |
| Portugal | - | 175 | 1:59,491 | 1,934 |
| China | - | 166 | 1:8,229,252 | 59,481 |
| Mexico | 100% | 152 | 1:816,740 | 7,297 |
| Belgium | 100% | 144 | 1:79,792 | 3,093 |
| Greece | 100% | 135 | 1:80,997 | 2,379 |
| Congo | 100% | 121 | 1:41,398 | 3,332 |
| Italy | 100% | 120 | 1:508,851 | 5,411 |
| Bahrain | - | 118 | 1:11,429 | 1,802 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 112 | 1:12,156 | 1,719 |
| Nepal | 100% | 109 | 1:261,352 | 10,071 |
| Nigeria | 65% | 105 | 1:1,691,089 | 35,636 |
| Colombia | 100% | 95 | 1:502,936 | 7,755 |
| Romania | 100% | 88 | 1:227,863 | 7,609 |
| Iraq | 100% | 82 | 1:427,047 | 5,132 |
| Cambodia | 84% | 76 | 1:214,123 | 6,696 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 76 | 1:400,657 | 18,736 |
| Namibia | - | 73 | 1:32,934 | 2,462 |
| Russia | - | 72 | 1:2,003,246 | 13,519 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 71 | 1:9,534 | 983 |
| Chile | 100% | 69 | 1:255,177 | 4,175 |
| Japan | - | 69 | 1:1,854,870 | 19,144 |
| Guyana | 100% | 66 | 1:11,565 | 1,692 |
| Ecuador | - | 61 | 1:290,605 | 4,117 |
| Cameroon | 91% | 60 | 1:360,175 | 12,871 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 59 | 1:121,220 | 8,743 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 59 | 1:511,896 | 13,629 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 58 | 1:277,732 | 3,449 |
| Burkina Faso | 68% | 55 | 1:334,172 | 12,874 |
| Peru | 100% | 54 | 1:588,731 | 9,850 |
| Bermuda | - | 53 | 1:1,223 | 273 |
| South Korea | - | 52 | 1:106,623 | 5,306 |
| Ivory Coast | 75% | 49 | 1:470,937 | 17,910 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 49 | 1:482,233 | 1,749 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 43 | 1:68,251 | 5,097 |
| Guam | - | 42 | 1:3,825 | 732 |
| Latvia | - | 42 | 1:47,992 | 1,370 |
| Norway | 100% | 41 | 1:125,179 | 3,746 |
| Barbados | - | 38 | 1:7,626 | 930 |
| Georgia | 100% | 38 | 1:98,381 | 3,625 |
| Estonia | - | 37 | 1:35,551 | 2,373 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 34 | 1:177,010 | 4,790 |
| Denmark | - | 32 | 1:176,547 | 4,105 |
| Argentina | 100% | 30 | 1:1,425,775 | 6,302 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 29 | 1:3,427 | 684 |
| Singapore | 100% | 29 | 1:216,795 | 8,671 |
| Hong Kong | - | 28 | 1:276,883 | 3,560 |
| Panama | 100% | 28 | 1:139,520 | 6,123 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 27 | 1:2,270 | 503 |
| Iran | - | 27 | 1:2,907,291 | 14,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90% | 25 | 1:326,093 | 26,118 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Austria | 100% | 24 | 1:354,758 | 3,899 |
| Finland | 95% | 24 | 1:228,466 | 3,699 |
| Honduras | 100% | 24 | 1:367,394 | 6,443 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 22 | 1:25,639 | 1,366 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 22 | 1:701,083 | 28,034 |
| Czechia | 100% | 21 | 1:507,436 | 2,515 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Benin | 100% | 19 | 1:556,623 | 17,687 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 18 | 1:1,812,418 | 16,974 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 17 | 1:1,398,217 | 44,417 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 13 | 1:556,677 | 5,170 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 12 | 1:295,858 | 3,040 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,892 | 588 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 11 | 1:1,613,350 | 13,838 |
| Oman | - | 11 | 1:373,515 | 4,585 |
| Algeria | 100% | 10 | 1:3,817,672 | 8,659 |
| Hungary | 100% | 10 | 1:979,177 | 2,758 |
| Jersey | - | 10 | 1:9,998 | 868 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 10 | 1:19,200 | 1,714 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Gabon | 100% | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Serbia | - | 9 | 1:793,969 | 5,658 |
| Uganda | 67% | 9 | 1:4,550,769 | 42,499 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:13,718 | 1,590 |
| Vietnam | - | 8 | 1:11,577,889 | 4,258 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 7 | 1:34,775 | 1,415 |
| Bahamas | - | 7 | 1:57,053 | 1,294 |
| El Salvador | - | 7 | 1:905,969 | 6,148 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 7 | 1:15,940 | 2,043 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 6 | 1:14,170 | 269 |
| Liberia | 100% | 6 | 1:735,344 | 18,173 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 6 | 1:8,538 | 1,253 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Kenya | - | 5 | 1:9,261,422 | 35,582 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 5 | 1:491,752 | 5,628 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tanzania | - | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Sônya (3) & Sónya (2) are calculated separately.
Sonya (5,422) may also be a surname.
Sonya Forename Popularity
Sonya Demographics
Sonya Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 16,346 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonya in the Russian language | ||
| Соня | sona | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- 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 Sonya