Son-Ya Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Son-Ya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 288 | 1:443,904 | 13,616 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
Son-Ya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Son-Ya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Son-Ya is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Son-Ya.
How Common Is The Last Name Son-Ya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 899,940th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Son-Ya are found; 97 percent are found in East Asia and 97 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
This surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 443,904. In Japan it is mostly found in: Osaka Prefecture, where 56 percent reside, Kagoshima Prefecture, where 18 percent reside and Fukuoka Prefecture, where 13 percent reside. Barring Japan this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, 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 Son-Ya
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