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 frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonaiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,244,200th most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 47 percent of Sonaiya reside; 46 percent reside in West Africa and 46 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 95 people.
The last name Sonaiya is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 86 people, or 1 in 2,059,800. In Nigeria Sonaiya is most common in: Lagos, where 69 percent live, Osun, where 9 percent live and Yobe, where 6 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 41 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.
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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