Sona Surname
Approximately 48,070 people bear this surname
Sona Surname User-submission:
Sona means 'gold'. The Sona surname refers to the community of people belonging to OBC (Other Backward Castes) mostly found in Central India.
Sona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 12,966 | 1:59,160 | 4,042 |
| Pakistan | 12,682 | 1:14,086 | 951 |
| DR Congo | 7,436 | 1:9,935 | 1,233 |
| Indonesia | 4,299 | 1:30,763 | 3,615 |
| Egypt | 3,081 | 1:29,840 | 3,243 |
| Cameroon | 1,632 | 1:12,726 | 1,721 |
| Tanzania | 859 | 1:61,632 | 6,607 |
| Italy | 839 | 1:72,892 | 12,847 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| United States | 456 | 1:794,866 | 61,363 |
| Turkey | 430 | 1:180,980 | 13,623 |
| Argentina | 417 | 1:102,502 | 8,664 |
| Philippines | 362 | 1:279,664 | 40,572 |
| Brazil | 350 | 1:611,641 | 22,776 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| United Arab Emirates | 157 | 1:58,358 | 5,656 |
| Nigeria | 118 | 1:1,501,210 | 57,254 |
| Papua New Guinea | 107 | 1:76,203 | 9,993 |
| Ivory Coast | 97 | 1:237,848 | 9,622 |
| Japan | 78 | 1:1,639,029 | 25,369 |
| Germany | 73 | 1:1,102,815 | 73,621 |
| Zimbabwe | 68 | 1:227,033 | 25,258 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Benin | 50 | 1:206,712 | 19,428 |
| Russia | 48 | 1:3,002,564 | 162,760 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Thailand | 45 | 1:1,569,741 | 208,465 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Cambodia | 37 | 1:418,572 | 3,946 |
| Liberia | 32 | 1:137,767 | 10,163 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Peru | 21 | 1:1,513,530 | 22,524 |
| Solomon Islands | 21 | 1:27,620 | 5,477 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Armenia | 15 | 1:195,345 | 5,399 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Colombia | 14 | 1:3,412,434 | 15,450 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Azerbaijan | 11 | 1:877,193 | 13,780 |
| Ireland | 10 | 1:470,894 | 15,820 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Nepal | 6 | 1:4,746,826 | 12,065 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
The alternate forms: Sõna (77), Šona (32), Soňa (21), Sôna (2), Şona (1), Soña (1) & Sóna (1) are calculated separately.
Sona (560,537) may also be a first name.
Sona Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Sona means 'gold'. The Sona surname refers to the community of people belonging to OBC (Other Backward Castes) mostly found in Central India.
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Average Sona Salary in
United States
$42,506 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sona (Arabic: سوني, Bengali: সোনা, Georgian: სონა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮﻧﺎ, Hindi: सोना, Marathi: सोना, Oriya: େସାନା, Russian: Сона, Tibetan: སོ་ན་) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Sõna, Šona, Soňa, Sôna, Şona, Soña or Sóna. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sona? popularity and diffusion
It is the 11,685th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 151,603 people. Sona is mostly found in Asia, where 66 percent of Sona are found; 55 percent are found in South Asia and 28 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Sona is also the 1,782nd most widely held first name in the world It is held by 560,537 people.
The surname Sona is most frequent in India, where it is held by 12,966 people, or 1 in 59,160. In India Sona is mostly concentrated in: Assam, where 38 percent live, Jharkhand, where 12 percent live and Gujarat, where 8 percent live. Excluding India Sona occurs in 101 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 26 percent live and The DR Congo, where 15 percent live.
Sona Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sona has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sona surname rose 2,533 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sona Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sona last name are 2.64% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.59% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sona earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 58.94% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,960 per year; in South Africa they earn 79.41% more than the national average, earning R 426,336 per year; in Colombia they earn 0.95% more than the national average, earning $22,919,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 1.49% less than the national average, earning $42,506 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sona in the Georgian language | ||
| სონა | sona | - |
| Sona in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻮﻧﺎ | swna | - |
| Sona in the Hindi language | ||
| सोना | sona | 99.77 |
| सोणा | sona | 0.09 |
| सॊना | sona | 0.02 |
| सौना | sauna | 0.02 |
| सोनाज़् | sonaz | 0.01 |
| सोनी | soni | 0.01 |
| सेाना | seana | 0.01 |
| सोन | sona | 0.01 |
| ासोना | asona | 0 |
| कृष्ण | krsna | 0 |
| सोला | sola | 0 |
| साेना | saena | 0 |
| ़़सोना | sona | 0 |
| सेोना | seona | 0 |
| साना | sana | 0 |
| ़सोना | sona | 0 |
| सोनो | sono | 0 |
| सोनाा | sonaa | 0 |
| रीना | rina | 0 |
| सोण | sona | 0 |
| सोने | sone | 0 |
| भोना | bhona | 0 |
| सोह्ना | sohna | 0 |
| सोनू | sonu | 0 |
| सीना | sina | 0 |
| सेना | sena | 0 |
| सोंना | sonna | 0 |
| Sona in the Marathi language | ||
| सोना | sona | 99.65 |
| सोना़ | sona | 0.02 |
| Sona in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାନା | esana | 94.38 |
| ସନା | sana | 2.73 |
| ସୁନା | suna | 1.07 |
| େଶାନା | esana | 0.83 |
| େସାନ | esana | 0.33 |
| ନାଗ | naga | 0.25 |
| ସନ | sana | 0.17 |
| ସୋଷ | sosa | 0.08 |
| ସୁନ | suna | 0.08 |
| େଷାନା | esana | 0.08 |
| Sona in the Bengali language | ||
| সোনা | sona | 93.54 |
| সুনা | suna | 1.12 |
| সনা | sana | 0.84 |
| সুন | suna | 0.28 |
| Sona in the Tibetan language | ||
| སོ་ན་ | sona | 50 |
| བསོད་ནམས་ | sönam | 19.23 |
| བསོད་ན་ | söna | 19.23 |
| བསོད་ན། | söna | 7.69 |
| བསོད་ནམས། | sönam | 3.85 |
| Sona in the Russian language | ||
| Сона | sona | - |
| Sona in the Arabic language | ||
| سوني | swny | - |
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