Sonai Surname
Approximately 1,184 people bear this surname
Sonai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 665 | 1:1,153,482 | 46,790 |
| Zimbabwe | 158 | 1:97,710 | 13,813 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98 | 1:83,201 | 11,009 |
| Brazil | 92 | 1:2,326,895 | 71,923 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| South Africa | 30 | 1:1,805,923 | 85,708 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Sonai (18,906) may also be a first name.
Sonai Demographics
Average Sonai Salary in
United States
$47,575 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sonai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonai (Bengali: সোনাই, Hindi: सोनई, Marathi: सोनाई, Oriya: େସାନାଇ) has its highest incidence in India. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Sonai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonai? popularity and diffusion
Sonai is the 316,633rd most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 6,155,022 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 62 percent of Sonai live; 57 percent live in South Asia and 56 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 39,444th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 18,906 people.
Sonai is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 665 people, or 1 in 1,153,482. In India Sonai is mostly found in: Assam, where 35 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 14 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 9 percent live. Barring India this surname occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 13 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live.
Sonai Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Sonai earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 25.76% less than the national average, earning R 176,412 per year and in United States they earn 10.26% more than the national average, earning $47,575 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonai in the Bengali language | ||
| সোনাই | sona'i | 99.22 |
| সুনাই | suna'i | 0.78 |
| Sonai in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାନାଇ | esana'i | 84.83 |
| ସନାଇ | sana'i | 6.18 |
| େସାନାଈ | esana'i | 3.93 |
| େସାନଇ | esana'i | 3.37 |
| ଜାନକୀ | janaki | 0.56 |
| ସେନଇ | sena'i | 0.56 |
| ସୁନାଇ | suna'i | 0.56 |
| Sonai in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनई | sona'i | 84.38 |
| सोनाी | sonai | 4.95 |
| सोनाई | sona'i | 4.62 |
| सोनइ | sona'i | 3.19 |
| सोनी | soni | 1.65 |
| सोनाइ | sona'i | 0.44 |
| सोनि | soni | 0.22 |
| सोनै | sonai | 0.11 |
| सोने | sone | 0.11 |
| सोणई | sona'i | 0.11 |
| सोनड़ी | sonari | 0.11 |
| Sonai in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनाई | sona'i | 51.52 |
| सोनई | sona'i | 41.99 |
| सोनाली | sonali | 2.16 |
| सोनी | soni | 1.3 |
| सोनम | sonama | 0.87 |
| सोनार | sonara | 0.87 |
| सोनइ | sona'i | 0.43 |
| सोमई | soma'i | 0.43 |
| सोनाइ | sona'i | 0.43 |
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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 Sonai
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