Sonaj Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Sonaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 59 | 1:13,001,108 | 227,026 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sonaj (250) may also be a first name.
Sonaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonaj (Arabic: سونج, Hindi: सोनाज, Marathi: सोनाज, Oriya: େସାନଜ) occurs most in India. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,436,415th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Sonaj are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sonaj is also the 563,826th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 250 people.
It is most frequent in India, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 13,001,108. In India Sonaj is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 97 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 2 percent live and Telangana, where 2 percent live. Not including India it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonaj in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनाज | sonaja | 55.76 |
| सोनज | sonaja | 42.42 |
| सोनाली | sonali | 1.21 |
| सोनाजी | sonaji | 0.61 |
| Sonaj in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनाज | sonaja | 53.57 |
| सोनज | sonaja | 46.43 |
| Sonaj in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାନଜ | esanaja | 50 |
| େସାନାଜ | esanaja | 37.5 |
| ସେନାଜ | senaja | 12.5 |
| Sonaj in the Arabic language | ||
| سونج | swnj | - |
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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 Sonaj
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