Sonaiya Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Sonaiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| India | 76 | 1:10,092,966 | 194,472 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sonaiya (95) may also be a first name.
Sonaiya Demographics
Average Sonaiya Salary in
England
£18,480
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Sonaiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonaiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonaiya (Bengali: সোনাইয়া, Hindi: सोनिया, Marathi: सोनैया) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonaiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,244,200th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 47 percent of Sonaiya are found; 46 percent are found in West Africa and 46 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 95 people.
Sonaiya is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 2,059,800. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 69 percent reside, Osun, where 9 percent reside and Yobe, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 41 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonaiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonaiya in the Bengali language | ||
| সোনাইয়া | sona'iya | - |
| Sonaiya in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनिया | soniya | 61.54 |
| सोनइया | sona'iya | 26.92 |
| सोनैया | sonaiya | 7.69 |
| सोनाइया | sona'iya | 3.85 |
| Sonaiya in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनैया | sonaiya | 58.82 |
| सोनै | sonai | 23.53 |
| सोिनया | soinaya | 11.76 |
| सोनाइया | sona'iya | 5.88 |
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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 Sonaiya
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