Sonamuthu Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Sonamuthu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sonamuthu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia331:893,76440,799
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sonamuthu (36) may also be a first name.

Sonamuthu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sonamuthu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sonamuthu is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonamuthu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sonamuthu is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. Sonamuthu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sonamuthu live; 79 percent live in Southeast Asia and 79 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sonamuthu is also the 1,717,090th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 36 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 893,764. In Malaysia Sonamuthu is most common in: Penang, where 45 percent live, Selangor, where 24 percent live and Johor, where 15 percent live. Apart from Malaysia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 10 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sonaimuthu9588/
Sonnamuthu954/
Sonajmuthu951/
Sonamutu942/
Sonamuththu902/
Sonomuthu892/
Sunnamuthu843/
Janamuthu783/
Chanamuthu742/
Janamuttu672/

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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 Sonamuthu
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