Sonae Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Sonae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 118 | 1:1,083,426 | 20,860 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Thailand | 40 | 1:1,765,959 | 222,048 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Sonae (1,922) may also be a first name.
Sonae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonae Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonae (Marathi: सोनार, Oriya: େସାନାଏ) occurs most in Japan. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonae? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sonae is the 1,064,392nd most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. The last name Sonae occurs mostly in Asia, where 69 percent of Sonae are found; 50 percent are found in East Asia and 50 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Sonae is also the 173,179th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, held by 1,922 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Japan, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 1,083,426. In Japan Sonae is most prevalent in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 89 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 3 percent are found and Tottori Prefecture, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Japan it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 24 percent are found and Thailand, where 17 percent are found.
Sonae Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sonae has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonae Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonae in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାନାଏ | esana'e | 94.12 |
| େଶାନାଏ | esana'e | 5.88 |
| Sonae in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनार | sonara | 50 |
| सोना | sona | 50 |
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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
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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 Sonae
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