Sonakhar Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Sonakhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 190 | 1:4,037,186 | 109,278 |
| Nepal | 86 | 1:331,174 | 3,662 |
Sonakhar (18) may also be a first name.
Sonakhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonakhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonakhar (Marathi: सोनखार, Oriya: େସାନଖର) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonakhar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 948,111th most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sonakhar reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Sonakhar is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 18 people.
This surname is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 190 people, or 1 in 4,037,186. In India Sonakhar is most common in: Gujarat, where 41 percent reside, Jharkhand, where 38 percent reside and West Bengal, where 9 percent reside. Aside from India it occurs in one country. It is also found in Nepal, where 31 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonakhar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonakhar in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनखार | sonakhara | - |
| Sonakhar in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାନଖର | esanakhara | 60 |
| େଶାନଖର | esanakhara | 40 |
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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 Sonakhar
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