Sonah Surname
Approximately 1,723 people bear this surname
Sonah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 531 | 1:8,302 | 954 |
| Nepal | 526 | 1:54,146 | 1,561 |
| Indonesia | 403 | 1:328,162 | 28,715 |
| Mauritius | 191 | 1:6,772 | 1,394 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sonah (8,472) may also be a first name.
Sonah Demographics
Average Sonah Salary in
South Africa
R 34,392
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sonah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonah (Arabic: سونيه, Hindi: सोनह, Marathi: सोनह) has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 233,904th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,229,568 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 55 percent of Sonah are found; 32 percent are found in West Africa and 31 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Sonah is also the 68,476th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 8,472 people.
The last name Sonah is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is held by 531 people, or 1 in 8,302. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Bong County, where 59 percent live, Montserrado County, where 21 percent live and Grand Bassa County, where 9 percent live. Outside of Liberia this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Nepal, where 31 percent live and Indonesia, where 23 percent live.
Sonah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sonah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sonah last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sonah Last Name Statistics demography
Sonah earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 85.53% less than the national average, earning R 34,392 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonah in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनह | sonaha | 91.67 |
| सोनहा | sonaha | 8.33 |
| Sonah in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनह | sonaha | 66.67 |
| सोनाह | sonaha | 33.33 |
| Sonah in the Arabic language | ||
| سونيه | swnyh | - |
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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 Sonah
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