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 held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonaiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,244,200th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. The surname Sonaiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 47 percent of Sonaiya live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 95 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 2,059,800. In Nigeria Sonaiya is mostly found in: Lagos, where 69 percent are found, Osun, where 9 percent are found and Yobe, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Sonaiya is found in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 41 percent are found and England, where 7 percent are found.
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
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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 Sonaiya
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